20 December 2018 | ANALYSIS
Overview:
– If May’s withdrawal agreement fails to pass Parliament, the default position is that the UK will leave with a ‘no deal’.
– Under both EU law and the UK’s Withdrawal Act, Brexit day is in the diary for 11 pm on 29 March 2019.
– Time for the Prime Minister is running out, even with 200 loyal Tory MPs to rely on when it comes to the vote, it won’t be enough to get her bill through Parliament.
Analysis:
Nicola Sturgeon has urged Jeremy Corbyn to push for a ‘No Confidence’ motion to topple May.
This week Sturgeon met with other devolved government ministers at Downing Street to discuss May’s Brexit deal. She left the summit saying SNP MPs will be voting against the PM’s deal.
Multiple opposition parties have been trying to push for a ‘No Confidence’ motion in May. However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has so far failed to support this. The lack of certainty has angered Labour Whips as well as Scotland’s First Minister. Sturgeon has been vocal about how Corbyn’s inability to call for the motion is just an excuse to avoid having to clarify his own position on Brexit.
Sturgeon said: “It looks to me right now as if he is trying to run the clock down and avoid difficult decisions just as much as the Prime Minister is.” She added: “We don’t have time to waste, so I hope Labour come behind this motion of no confidence and we can try to bring this Government down, but if we can’t do that then at least we can pave the way to a second referendum that offers a way out of this mess.”
The First Minister has also slammed Tory MPs for attacking Jeremy Corbyn over the alleged ‘stupid woman’ remark. She has decided to make a second EU vote her top Brexit target, saying she is looking for an ‘alternative way forward’ to break the Brexit impasse.
