During a hastily organized Sunday summit at Chequers, the prime minister's country house, May forced them to acknowledge a simple, if unpalatable fact: That the Tories, having already failed to oust her in a no confidence vote, have no obvious alternative for deposing May. Yet, in a sign that exhaustion with the interminable Brexit nightmare is swiftly setting in, the Prime Minister has reportedly decided to offer the group, which includes Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Iain Duncan-Smith, Steve Baker, David Davis and others, a marginally attractive deal: Back MV3 - that is, a third meaningful vote on the withdrawal agreement - and May will commit to resigning.
May has reportedly refused to serve up her own head until the vote has passed, while the ERG and DUP are hesitant to back the deal over concerns May might renege on her promise.
The problem is that even if she persuades all Tory ERG MPs to vote for her unamended Withdrawal Agreement, which she won't (because although Mogg and his supporters may succumb to her call for loyalty, Baker and.... - Robert Peston March 24, 2019 the Brexiter purists will resist her blandishments) and she also successfully woos Northern Ireland's 10 DUP, she still does not have the numbers.
So even with.... - Robert Peston March 24, 2019 May offering herself for ritual sacrifice on the Brexiter altar, the ERG Brexiters and DUP may well say thank you very much, and vote against her anyway.
Regardless of what the cabinet decides, a cross-party group of rebel backbenchers, led by Tory MP Sir Oliver Letwin, might very well force one anyway by seizing control of the Commons - and they might succeed, in a vote that's expected as soon as Monday evening.
The indicative vote plan has a major flaw: Despite all of the squabbling and intraparty infighting, there has never been a credible alternative to the withdrawal agreement.
Which is one reason why, as Peston ponted out, Johnson and the other hard-core Brexiteers might be preparing for "The mother of all u-turns": Possibly agreeing to back May's deal in exchange for her resignation and commitments involving the talks over the future trade deal, which would take place during the transition period.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-25/may-offers-brexiteers-deal-back-withdrawal-agreement-and-i-will-resign
May has reportedly refused to serve up her own head until the vote has passed, while the ERG and DUP are hesitant to back the deal over concerns May might renege on her promise.
The problem is that even if she persuades all Tory ERG MPs to vote for her unamended Withdrawal Agreement, which she won't (because although Mogg and his supporters may succumb to her call for loyalty, Baker and.... - Robert Peston March 24, 2019 the Brexiter purists will resist her blandishments) and she also successfully woos Northern Ireland's 10 DUP, she still does not have the numbers.
So even with.... - Robert Peston March 24, 2019 May offering herself for ritual sacrifice on the Brexiter altar, the ERG Brexiters and DUP may well say thank you very much, and vote against her anyway.
Regardless of what the cabinet decides, a cross-party group of rebel backbenchers, led by Tory MP Sir Oliver Letwin, might very well force one anyway by seizing control of the Commons - and they might succeed, in a vote that's expected as soon as Monday evening.
The indicative vote plan has a major flaw: Despite all of the squabbling and intraparty infighting, there has never been a credible alternative to the withdrawal agreement.
Which is one reason why, as Peston ponted out, Johnson and the other hard-core Brexiteers might be preparing for "The mother of all u-turns": Possibly agreeing to back May's deal in exchange for her resignation and commitments involving the talks over the future trade deal, which would take place during the transition period.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-25/may-offers-brexiteers-deal-back-withdrawal-agreement-and-i-will-resign
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