Westministenders: Passing the Buck

[RedToothBrush]

There's a deal.

The press are over excited.

May has united the country.

Everyone hates it.
(Apart from David Allen Green)

Parliament might yet reject it.

Nothing is yet decided and everything is still to be sorted.

Rory putting his head up PMs arse now cabinet post offered.

With the concept of 'A good day to bury bad news' I wonder what else is going on?
Is one of them sat in a corner Telexing Trump to sign up to being a smaller poodle?

Mogg just directly refered to Graham Brady to May's face in the Commons

Everyone was quiet when Mogg spoke.

I hope she goes today

David Allen Green @davidallengreen
The three choices are:

- this deal (as these are the EU's offered terms) and there is not much room for amendment; or

- no deal; or

- extension or revocation of A50.

There is no other realistic option (including my preference for Brexit-by-treaty, sadly).

It's decision time.

He is always so smarmy.

Matt Chorley
‏*@MattChorley*
Rees-Mogg’s hand hovers over detanator, asking May why he shouldn’t write to the 1922 to trigger a no confidence vote 💥 💥 💥

On 27 Nov the ECJ start considering if A50 can be unilaterally revoked
That's Tuesday in one week

WIll they take weeks
Will they reserve judgement

Even if there is a leadership contest, May would probably try to delay it until she has the ECJ verdict

• it gives her a nuclear weapon against the ERG and she has very few other weapons

Sam Coates Times @SamCoatesTimes
Commons

@YvetteCooperMP asks about the Schengen Information System 2, an absolutely critical information sharing database.

May: “Those will be matters we take forward in the negotiations”

Very ominous indeed: v important for law enforcement

Rees-Mogg’s hand hovers over detanator, asking May why he shouldn’t write to the 1922 to trigger a no confidence vote

because - like a GE - it would not produce a clear winner.

Beth Rigby @BethRigby
Rees-Mogg: WOW. Asks May directly whether he should tender his letter for a confidence vote to the chair of the 1922 committee 💥💥💥💥
Goodness me; if JRM does tender his letter to Graham Brady for a confidence vote that surely a signal for ERG to follow and the vote is on.

Tory Mark Francois now saying everyone will vote against the deal. Its mathematically impossible to get through parliament.

And pleads with her to accept the political reality of the situation she finds herself in.

Very very direct...

Did I just hear an MP say "what a twat"!

Christopher Hope @christopherhope
BREAKING Eurosceptic Tory leader Jacob Rees-Mogg to submit letter of no confidence in Theresa May as Conservative leader later today, sources confirm

No confidence vote has to be on doesn't it?

That's what I thought I heard!

Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
Peter Bottomley is the first Tory MP to back the PM in the Commons, a full 57 minutes after her statement began.

resign! surely she has to now.....

Ian Dunt @IanDunt
^If you're not watching the Commons now you really should be. It is historic stuff. The prime minister is minute by minute losing any support.

I can't think of a single moment where a PM has looked more alone.

Aaron Banks and May's declining to investigate being brought up and shut down with "no comment on individual cases"

James Forsyth @JGForsyth
How times change, Nicky Morgan the most prominent Tory to back May’s approach to Brexit

I'm trying to feel disappointment at Raab and McVey resigning. Struggling tbh.

I have work to do, but the implosion of the Tory party is compelling viewing.