Brexit: A compromise maybe but No 10 is not backing down
After thrashing ideas around to try to pacify the objectors, Downing Street confirmed that it had found a compromise to assuage the rebels' concerns.shortly after the resignation of one of the government's top lawyers over the plansTalk of the government backing down, having listened and given concessions, was in the air. There is however a huge but.
In other words, the government still wants to change the deal it has already done with the EU, the agreement that has already been written into law. Whatever you think of that, asking for extra permission from MPs does not mean that ministers have backed down on the overall principle that provoked such outrage.
And this move does not mean that resistance in the House of Lords will disappear. And for that matter, the EU's upset at a tense time will remain.
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