John Bercow has dropped a bombshell onto “Meaningful Vote 3” – 14 ayes to the right
With 10 days to go until the UK is due to leave the EU, the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has made a pronouncement that has put the Parliamentary cat among the Eurosceptic pigeons. Invoking a rule laid down in 1604 against repeatedly putting the same motion to the House, the Speaker stated that Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement could only be voted upon a third time if she achieves sufficient change.
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow rules out a new vote by MPs on UK PM Theresa May's #Brexit deal if the motion is the same, or very similar, to last week's defeated one
Updates: https://t.co/oxXkWVJzcl pic.twitter.com/mEMOOCV9XE
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1107668942653399040
Political Twitter has come out in force, with these majestic reactions.
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I believe Bercow is basically saying you lost, get over it. https://t.co/3TmFtei6ox
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) March 18, 2019
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https://twitter.com/SheRa_Marley/status/1107694981039489030
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Three years they’ve had. If you’re mad at Berkow, maybe you should be a tad more livid with a government whose only plan with 11 days to go is to show up with the same rejected scrap of paper and a moustache.
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 18, 2019
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Tell you what, the latest episode of Brexit has got some plot twists I did NOT see coming. https://t.co/jHOmPYpkK0
— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) March 18, 2019
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I suppose events of 1604 are a bit too recent for Jacob to have got his head around just yet.
— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) March 18, 2019
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https://twitter.com/HMCabinetCat/status/1107706203600289793
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Brexiteers for months: "We won't accept May's deal. She has to secure changes. There is no point coming back with an unchanged deal"
Speaker John Bercow: 'May can't keep asking the commons to vote on the SAME thing'
Brexiteers: "This is a disgrace. How dare he say that!" pic.twitter.com/L0FLWlKwx7
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) March 18, 2019