May offers MPs vote on second referendum in 'new' Brexit deal
Source: The Guardian
Theresa May has offered MPs votes on a second referendum and a temporary customs union in her last attempt to get a Brexit deal through parliament.
Amid widespread expectation that the withdrawal agreement bill (Wab) will be heavily defeated early next month, and reports of serious rows in cabinet, the prime minister used a hastily arranged speech to warn of serious political disruption if Brexit is not delivered.
However, the immediate reaction to May’s proposals from MPs was overwhelmingly negative, with even previously loyal Conservatives coming out against it.
Extending the deadlock for further months “risks opening the door to a nightmare future of permanently polarised politics”, she told an audience in central London.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/21/may-offers-mps-vote-on-second-referendum-in-new-brexit-deal
Theresa May’s speech is going down badly.
Here are three Conservative MPs who all voted for her deal in the third vote on it, at the end of March, who are now going to vote against
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