Theresa May is on the back foot again…
Theresa May and her government look set to be on another collision course this week after their Brexit plan was deemed unacceptable by some members of her party.
There are a portion of pro-EU MPs in the Conservative Party who are against their proposed legislation and recent attempts at compromising with them have collapsed according to reports.
Ex-Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve told The Independent UK that he spent the morning negotiating with ministers and agreeing a wording to a new amendment to the legislation. The bill was then tabled later in the afternoon, but Grieve claimed what was agreed had been altered in the interim.
Speaking to the Guardian he said: “It is unacceptable. At the end of the process something was inexplicably changed, which had not been agreed. The government has made the motion unamendable, contrary to the usual methods of the House of Commons and therefore it cannot be accepted.”
The move means that Theresa May now faces the prospect of having her proposals discarded by the House of Lords next week. After this happens, pro-EU members of her party will likely push for a vote in the House of Commons.
The result of this vote could see the parliament given more power in the Brexit deal if no deal is reached by November.
It’s a big blow to May who is trying to press ahead with the legislation needed for Brexit but, due to no absolute majority, she’s has to resort to striking a delicate balance between rebel MPs on both sides of her party.
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