Newsdeck: May Risks Fresh Defeat on Day U.K. Meant to Leave: Brexit Update By Bloomberg
May’s Northern Irish allies, the DUP, confirm they won’t back the Withdrawal Agreement in Friday’s vote Vote expected at 2:30 p.m. Read our guide to the parliamentary numbers here SNP lawmakers suspect Labour MPs will back the deal. Pound rises.The Labour Party is confident of beating the government’s motion on Friday, an official familiar with the matter said, adding that any rebellion among its members is likely to be fewer than 10 MPs.
They’ll stand on an anti-Brexit platform as “Change U.K. — The Independent Group,” with former Conservative Heidi Allen as their interim leader. There’s a rush on now to complete the legal procedures and select candidates.Scottish National Party lawmakers told Labour MPs not to bend and support May’s Brexit deal, amid growing speculation some could be persuaded.
May needs the support of the DUP’s 10 lawmakers to get her deal through — not least because if the Northern Irish Party swings behind her, so too will many of her rebellious Tory backbenchers.Labour’s shadow solicitor-general pointed to another reason the government will struggle to win support from opposition lawmakers.
“There will be new mechanisms and new procedures so that this House can be properly consulted and have a particular role in the manner in which the political declaration — once it is finalized within this House — will be negotiated in that second stage,” Cox said. Opening the debate for the government, Attorney General Geoffrey Cox tells members of Parliament that voting for the Withdrawal Agreement would finally provide certainty over Brexit.
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