SNP call to oppose no-deal

MPs must take control of the House of Commons and ensure that a no-deal Brexit is avoided, the SNP’s Westminister leader has said.

Politicians are due to vote on the Brexit deal proposed by Prime Minister Theresa May at Westminster tomorrow.

Speaking on the BBC’s Sunday Politics programme, Ian Blackford said Mrs May should not portray her deal as being the only route to avoiding leaving the European Union without a deal in place

Mr Blackford said: “I think everyone now knows that there is no such thing as a ‘good Brexit’, there’s no such thing as a ‘jobs-first Brexit’, as some have claimed.

“Under any scenario, people are going to be poorer, people are going to lose their jobs.

“As politicians, we’ve got a responsibility to have a conversation with everybody that we now know that Brexit is going to be painful.

“I would like the House of Commons now to take control because the prime minister has failed to give leadership.

“The prime minister’s got to stop threatening Parliament and, indeed, threatening the whole of the United Kingdom, that it’s a choice between her deal and no deal – that’s not the case.”

The SNP, Liberal Democrats and the Greens have indicated support for holding another referendum on leaving the EU, a proposal also backed by MPs from Labour and the Conservatives.