Instead of eight times No four times No, but still no Yes. For the second time, the House MPs failed to present an alternative to the withdrawal agreement negotiated between London and Brussels.
After all, the request to stay with the EU after leaving the Customs Union only barely failed: 273 to 276 votes. Clearer the no to the ongoing single market 2.0 model, which wants to keep Britain not only in the Customs Union but also in the Single Market: 261 votes in favor and 282 votes against.
Also for a new referendum there was again no majority, the difference in votes here between no and yes: twelve votes. The least support was the request to withdraw the denunciation of EU membership. Thus, the lower house deputies have found their own way out of the Brexit impasse even in the second attempt.
Tory MP leaves party
Nick Boles, ex-Secretary of State and architect of the Internal Market 2.0 model, was disappointed after the announcement of the outcome and quipped his resignation from the conservative government faction with a trembling voice: „I have done everything to find a compromise that our country but I can not do it, especially because my party refuses to compromise, so I regret that I can no longer be a member of this party. “
Should Scotland become independent?
Giant disappointment also on the opposition booths. The Scottish Nationalist leader, Ian Blackford, saw only one way out after the test votes: Scotland’s independence: „If Scotland wants to secure its future as a European nation, then we have to take our fate into our own hands, with Scottish sovereignty People, not in this Parliament, the day comes when we decide our own future, as an independent country. “
Labor still hopes for agreement …
After all, the Labor Party has not given up hope that the House of Commons might yet bring about something constructive. Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn announced for tomorrow the next round of voting: „One option has narrowly lost today, and the Prime Minister’s deal has missed the majority three times by far – if the prime minister gets three tries, then we should I’ll try it again on Wednesday. “
… the government too
Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay also does not want to give up and continue to campaign for the government deal. He warned that the government must present a plan at the EU summit next week, two days before the April 12 exit date – and that could succeed, even if it did not participate in the elections to the European Parliament, if the House of Commons did fourth attempt to approve the exit agreements negotiated between London and Brussels
The Cabinet will discuss the next steps in the morning, perhaps also on the future of Theresa May.
