The Prime Minister, battling a croaky voice, said in the Commons: "The danger for those of us who want to have faith in the British public and deliver on their vote for Brexit, is that if this vote is not passed tonight, if this deal is not passed, then Brexit could be lost." Mrs May said it was “absolutely imperative” to deliver Brexit and repeated a bad deal would be even worse than a no deal. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox earlier threw the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal into chaos after he said it failed to reduce the legal risk associated with the Irish backstop.
The ERG said the verdict of its ‘Star Chamber’ established to analyse the changes in the deal was they did not deliver legally binding changes to the Brexit deal of Irish backstop, and did not provide an exit mechanism over which Britain had control.
Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash said in a statement: "In the light of our own legal analysis and others we do not recommend accepting the government's motion today.
"Yesterday's documents considered individually and collectively do not deliver 'legally binding changes' to the WA (Withdrawal Agreement) or to the (backstop) Protocol.'...read more>>>...
