So what happens next with Brexit?

THE TROUBLE IS, NOBODY IS QUITE SURE OF PLAN...

In Brussels today, Theresa May is hoping to clear the final hurdle in getting a deal for exiting the EU which can be put before Parliament? But what happens if we don’t agree a deal before our March 29, 2019 leaving date? MPS are preparing to make a great leap into the unknown.

And they’ll take the rest of us with them.

The big vote on Brexit is currently expected to take place on December 11.

That’s when our MPs will vote on whether or not to accept Theresa May’s proposed EU deal.

It looks likely that MPs will vote against the Prime Minister’s plan.

That’s because Labour will vote against it – and a number of Conservative MPs will do the same.

The problem is that nobody is quite sure what will happen next.

There could be a vote on a motion calling for a second referendum on Brexit, or what’s sometimes known as a People’s Vote.

MPs backing this option include Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson, Redcar’s Anna Turley, Stockton South’s Paul Williams, Newcastle North’s Catherine McKinnell and Bridget Phillipson, MP for Houghton and Sunderland South.

But many others, even those who are opposed to Brexit, think it would be a huge mistake.

They say that “leave” would also win a second referendum, while the country would become even more divided.

It’s always possible the House of Commons would approve a motion calling for a second referendum, but it’s far from certain.

There’s another option facing MPs. That is to demand a general election.

It takes two thirds of MPs to vote for an election, but Labour can call a motion of “no confidence” in the Government. That would only need a majority of MPs to pass, and would probably lead to an election eventually.

What, however, if MPs vote against that option as well?

Here’s the thing. We’re currently due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019.

So if we fail to agree a deal with the EU by then, what happens? Nobody’s quite sure. It seems likely that we’d just crash out of the EU without a deal – an option most MPs firmly oppose.

And Theresa May, although she’s previously suggested a “no-deal” Brexit is possible, seems to think this would be a mistake.

There have been suggestions that at this point, Theresa May will simply bring her deal back to the Commons and ask MPs to vote on it again.

If it is rejected a second time then what happens next is a mystery.