Labour MPs in bid to revive May’s deal
A GROUP of Labour MPs attempted to raise Theresa May’s deal from the dead last night.
Stephen Kinnock, Caroline Flint, Gloria De Piero and 14 others said they will today lay an amendment to bring the Withdrawal Agreement back for the fourth time.
The group – Labour For A Deal – will face criticism because they originally voted against Mrs May’s deal. The Withdrawal Agreement was rejected three times by Parliament – by a majority of 30, then 149 and finally 58 in March – resulting in Mrs May’s resignation.
She sat on the backbenches yesterday, next to pro-EU former Chancellor Ken Clarke, as Mr Johnson addressed the Commons about last month’s G7 summit.
The Labour MPs said yesterday: ‘Parliament is paralysed by its extremes: those who are willing to entertain the prospect of No Deal, and those for whom no Brexit deal, however comprehensive, will ever be acceptable. We do not agree with either. We need a deal.’
The 17 MPs will table their amendment to Hilary Benn’s bill to force Boris Johnson to delay Brexit for at least three months.
The MPs said: ‘A further extension to the timetable to leave the EU will leave most of the country banging their head against a brick wall. ‘These amendments allow colleagues to rally round the opportunity to push forward with crossparty agreement.
‘We all recognise that British politics desperately needs to rediscover the importance of the art of compromise.’