Vote through the Brexit Deal or we crash out anyway, Government tells Parliament

[-:Undertaker:-]

Vote through the Brexit Deal or we crash out anyway, Government tells Parliament

Hardcore Remainers in the Houses of Parliament put on the back foot as choice before them is given

Davis' announcement means Parliament will get the chance to vote for either the deal he comes back with or crashing out with no deal at all. MPs & Lords unhappy with the deal will be stuck between a huge rock and a very hard place.

— Adam Payne (@adampayne26) November 13, 2017

If they do so, we leave automatically with no deal.
So MPs will either rubber stamp the government's position or walk the country off a cliff. Nice choice. https://t.co/YhVbv5he9a

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) November 13, 2017

Clever by David Davis don't you think? DD can dare Remainer MPs sometime later next year to vote against the Government's final Brexit deal - and see their warnings about falling off a cliff edge come to pass.

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) November 13, 2017

David Davis on the final Brexit vote: "It's a meaningful vote but it's not meaningful in the sense that you can reverse the whole decision."

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) November 13, 2017

MPs will get a binding vote on the final #Brexit deal says @DavidDavisMP. Watch his statement on EU exit negotiations pic.twitter.com/6xC7jgIqYl

— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) November 13, 2017

David Davis gave the appearance of a concession when he announced that MPs would vote on the government's final Brexit deal in the form of a parliamentary bill. Labour's Keir Starmer hailed a "significant climbdown from a weak government on the verge of defeat".

But it swiftly became clear that the concession is less significant than it appears. To gasps from MPs, Davis confirmed that the UK would still leave the EU without a deal if the Commons voted against the government's agreement. With this declaration, the Brexit Secretary is holding a gun to MPs' heads. Were Britain to leave with no deal, the UK would face punitive tariffs, chaos at ports and even grounded air flights. But to avoid this outcome, MPs would be forced to accept the Conservatives' "hard Brexit", including withdrawal from the single market and the customs union. To adapt Theresa May, "no deal" would not be better than a bad deal - but neither is desirable.

Absolutely right.

Remainer MPs were hoping to sabotage the Great Repeal Bill over the next few months, and then when it came to a vote wanted to vote down the deal to stop us "crashing out" when it was to be that of their own creation. In other words, setting up the stage for a "cliff edge" so they could all then at the last minute vote down the deal and keep us in the EU.

But as far as the law is concerned, and as Davis says - they can vote down the deal but we're leaving anyway. This now puts Remainer MPs in a tight position: either they can vote through the Great Repeal Bill and the final deal which gives us a clean or 'hard' Brexit OR they can frustrate the Great Repeal Bill and vote against the final deal in which case we leave anyway by "crashing out". Superb.

What's funny about all this is the Gina Miller court case which made Parliament and not the PM activate Article 50 has pretty much locked them into this process. Shot themselves in the foot. So, in summary:

- There's no numbers in Parliament for a second EU referendum on the final deal.
- There are the numbers in Parliament to vote down the final deal but this won't halt Brexit.
- Attempts to halt or amend the Great Repeal Bill won't be able to halt Brexit.

Remainer attempts to make it a choice between the Deal vs Staying in the European Union were just a trick to try and keep us in at the last minute. Don't they understand? The decision to leave has been made BY WE the British people!

Thoughts?

[-:Undertaker:-]

From tonight - a good night - in the Commons chamber.

The EEC Act of 1972 of which our membership has depended has finally had a stake driven through it.

MPs have voted 318 to 68 in favour of repealing the 1972 Communities Act which took the UK into the Common Market

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) November 14, 2017

MPs have voted 318 to 52 against an amendment to the European Union Withdrawal Bill calling for the devolved administrations to give their consent before Brexit

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) November 14, 2017

Dynamic shot of Frank Field trying to face down fellow Labour MPs attempting to intervene during the #EUWithdrawalBill pic.twitter.com/NT3mjjWNOw

— Denis Doherty (@DenisDoherty) November 14, 2017

Parliament has just repealed the illegitimate piece of legislation that took us into the EU all those years ago. Progress, but there is more to be done.

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) November 14, 2017

Conservative MP Ken Clarke describes @Nigel_Farage as the most successful politician of his generation. EU bill debate here: https://t.co/GdSUrYBaJi pic.twitter.com/1YS6FNfmUN

— BBC Parliament (@BBCParliament) November 14, 2017