![]() ![]() The pro-remainers still have not figured out that option one is dead. The pro-remainers want to force another vote. Pro-Remainers Make Hard Brexit Increasingly Likely It is not up to the UK to unilaterally decide to stay in a piece of the EU block.įundamentally, the concept makes no sense.Īnd even if the EU would agree to such a construct, at what price? There were 12 Tory rebels in both the customs and medicines votes – but the government’s total was boosted by four Labour MPs in the customs vote. MPs backed an amendment by 305 votes to 301 that would keep the UK in the European medicines regulatory network. The MPs wanted the UK to join a customs union if it does not agree a free-trade deal with the EU. The BBC reports Government Defeats EU Customs Union Bid.īy a 307-201 vote, the government has survived an attempt by pro-EU Conservative MPs to change its post-Brexit trade strategy. ![]() There are not three options, there are two. ![]() It is not up to the UK to agree to mandate this. The narrow victory is May’s third this week, underlining the difficulty she faces in passing legislation on one of the most divisive and important decisions in modern British history with only a minority government and a party at war with itself. 21, 2019, it had failed to negotiate a deal with the bloc that offered frictionless free trade for goods. Parliament voted 307 to 301 against an amendment to trade legislation that would have required the government to try to negotiate a customs union arrangement with the EU if, by Jan. ![]() Reuters reports May Defeats Rebels Over Plans to Remain in EU Customs Union. In all, 14 Tories rebelled against the government’s adopted ERG amendment. The Eurosceptic Conservative MPs’ amendment 73, to stop the UK from joining the EU’s VAT regime, was approved by 303 votes to 300 – the same slim majority as the earlier ERG amendment vote. It still took three Labour votes for May to win the challenge. Yesterday UK Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a Tory Brexit Rebellion after allegedly caving in to Brexit hardliners. ![]()
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