The main issue with the Withdrawal Agreement is the Backstop.
The DUP have made it quite clear that they cannot and will not support the treaty whilst it includes the Backstop, or at least unless there are legal guarantees around this.
Take the Backstop out of that agreement, and it would undoubtedly get a clear majority.
Of course the problem with this is that the EU has said that it is not prepared to renegotiate the Backstop.
This for the simple reason that a no deal Brexit wouldn't even have a Backstop at all.
At the same time as negotiating with the EU, the UK Government should have prepared for a no deal Brexit from day one, firstly in case it became a necessity, but also in order to act as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the EU. Had the EU known that the Government of the United Kingdom had spent two years preparing for the possibility of a no deal, the Withdrawal Agreement would no doubt look very different than it does.
"The House of Commons has made it clear that it will not back the Withdrawal Agreement with the Backstop included. But it has also made it clear that it is prepared to support the Withdrawal Agreement minus the Backstop. In fact, this is the only deal it is prepared to back. The alternative is that on 12th April, the United Kingdom will formally leave the European Union and revert to World Trade Organisation rules. Which will mean no Backstop at all. So which would you prefer? To rethink the Backstop? Or to end up with a no deal Brexit where there is no Backstop anyway? The choice is yours."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-29/way-out-brexit-gridlock
The DUP have made it quite clear that they cannot and will not support the treaty whilst it includes the Backstop, or at least unless there are legal guarantees around this.
Take the Backstop out of that agreement, and it would undoubtedly get a clear majority.
Of course the problem with this is that the EU has said that it is not prepared to renegotiate the Backstop.
This for the simple reason that a no deal Brexit wouldn't even have a Backstop at all.
At the same time as negotiating with the EU, the UK Government should have prepared for a no deal Brexit from day one, firstly in case it became a necessity, but also in order to act as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the EU. Had the EU known that the Government of the United Kingdom had spent two years preparing for the possibility of a no deal, the Withdrawal Agreement would no doubt look very different than it does.
"The House of Commons has made it clear that it will not back the Withdrawal Agreement with the Backstop included. But it has also made it clear that it is prepared to support the Withdrawal Agreement minus the Backstop. In fact, this is the only deal it is prepared to back. The alternative is that on 12th April, the United Kingdom will formally leave the European Union and revert to World Trade Organisation rules. Which will mean no Backstop at all. So which would you prefer? To rethink the Backstop? Or to end up with a no deal Brexit where there is no Backstop anyway? The choice is yours."
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-29/way-out-brexit-gridlock
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