The strain showed on the Brexit secretary’s face as Labour rubbed it in over the Tory rebellion on the EU withdrawal billWith exquisite timing,just hours after the government had been defeated on a vote on the EU withdrawal bill, the Brexit secretary found himself back in the Commons to face departmental questions. Still, or David Davis had had enough time to consider how best to reply to the setback – and he had decided to pretend that it hadn’t really happened. Or,if it had, that it was of little significance. A minor setback in the grand scheme of things.
It wasn’t long before Keir Starmer, or the shadow Brexit secretary,tried to put him accurate. The government had suffered a “humiliating and avoidable” defeat, Starmer observed, or parliament had decided it should fill a meaningful vote on a final deal. Could the minister now confirm there were no plans to overrule this at the report stage of the bill?Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk