We’ll have to keep this short as it’s not worth anyone’s time us writing up a whole guide to Brexit when everything is so subject to change. You see, this week was meant to be a crucial week for Brexit. Theresa May was meant to give her Brexit deal for the House of Commons to have a meaningful vote on it. Either it’d be voted for, or against, and in the case of the former, we could get on with her deal, and in the case of the latter, well, more chaos, leading to, perhaps, a No Deal Brexit, or, perhaps, a People's Vote on the final outcome.
However, after much speculation that so few MPs on all sides of the houses - both those in support of a hard Brexit and those keen for a People’s Vote - were keen on May’s plan that it was going to be voted down. Not just by dozens of opposition MPs, but by over 100 of her own MPs. Instead of facing that prospect, which likely would have ended her leadership, May simply postponed the vote. She’s now winging her way across Europe to meet EU leaders in order to rescue her deal. Does this mean changing it at all? Perhaps. Will the EU agree to renegotiate? We’ll have to see.
In the meantime, the chaos Parliament was plunged into yesterday resulted in the following:
Anna Soubry, a Conservative, having a go at Labour MP Richard Burgon, asking him when his party will ‘act in a responsible manner’ and call for a vote of no confidence in the Government, in order to accelerate the possibility of a People’s Vote on the final deal.
David Cameron saying that he doesn’t regret calling the referendum on Brexit.
Yvette Cooper airing her concerns over May's flip-flopping and raising an eyebrow because, well, what else can be done?
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton constituency Kemptown & Peacehaven, outraging everyone as he picked up the ceremonial mace in the chamber and trying to walk off with it. He did it ‘in symbolc protest against this government’ and was banned from Parliament for the rest of the day. He later was spotted in a local Westminster pub.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour party, has now received a letter signed by Vince Cable, Lib Dem leader, Ian Blackford, leader of the SNP, Caroline Lucas, the Green party’s only MP, and Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) asking him to join them in tabling a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister.
And the pound? It dropped to its lowest point against the dollar since April. Right now, £1 gets you €1.11.