Theresa May asks to extend Article 50 to push her deal through Parliament

THERESA MAY is fond of making promises. On no fewer than 108 occasions, the prime minister has pledged that Britain will leave the European Union on March 29th, the deadline for Brexit under the Article 50 process that she triggered two years ago. Yet with just over a week to go, she wrote on March 20th to the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to ask for more time.

Despite this tough line, EU leaders do not want to precipitate a no-deal Brexit, for which neither they nor Mrs May are prepared. But they could quibble over how long the extension should be. Last week Mrs May herself warned that, if MPs voted down her deal again , any extension might have to be long. David Lidington, her deputy, even called a short, one-off extension “downright reckless”, because it made a no-deal Brexit far more likely. EU leaders were deliberating as we went to press.

A new problem emerged this week in the form of the Speaker of the Commons, John Bercow. Without warning the government, he ruled on March 18th that it could not put the Brexit deal to a third vote in the current parliamentary session unless it was changed in substance. His ruling is based on precedents set out in Erskine May, the bible of parliamentary procedure, that date as far back as 1604. Both pro- and anti-Brexit MPs hailed it as a victory for the legislature over the executive.

That remains a big if. Since Mrs May runs a minority government, winning a majority is hard at the best of times. It is harder when MPs and even ministers freely defy their party whips, as has repeatedly happened in recent weeks. And it is harder still when parties are split, with internal caucuses like the hardline pro-Brexit European Research Group running their own whipping operation.

Because her MPs are controlled by masonic lodges 😉😙

Yesterday’s petulant rant won’t have helped either.

The use of Strategists is just not enough.. GameChanging ideas may be needed.

That ship has sailed.

Dont know about control but it doesnt seem to be moving forward. Maybe a differrent thinking style is needed. Brits are known for their long-term plans. But this isn’t such a thing. Almost the opposite..

May, God bless you..

Perhaps control isn't the only lever of influence after all...

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