The British Prime Minister’s utterly predictable fake dramatic gesture “winning an important concession from the EU at the last minute” appears to have gone down in legal flames:
The Attorney General today delivered a fatal blow to Theresa May’s hopes of winning her ‘last chance’ Brexit vote tonight by admitting the 11th hour deal struck in Strasbourg last night failed to change his legal advice.
Geoffrey Cox has admitted the legal risk of Britain being trapped forever into EU rules through the Irish backstop ‘remains unchanged’ and that new concessions only ‘reduce’ this risk.
The DUP and Tory Brexiteers are now likely to reject the Prime Minister’s deal tonight having suggested they would only change their minds if the Attorney General changed his advice.
Mr Cox’s bombshell dropped after Jeremy Corbyn has demanded MPs kill-off Theresa May’s renegotiated Brexit deal as the Prime Minister prepares to make a last-ditch plea to her own MPs to vote through her deal tonight.
She will warn them that Britain may never leave the EU if they refuse to back her tonight.
Tory Brexiteers and Northern Ireland’s DUP had been waiting to see if Geoffrey Cox tweaked his legal advice before deciding to vote for it.
Mr Cox earlier spoke out on Twitter to blast claims he was ‘told to find a way’ to change his mind as ‘b*****ks’.
Rebel Tory Brexiteers and the DUP are today combing over the detail after the Prime Minister last night announced ‘legally binding changes’ to the controversial Irish border backstop after a dramatic dash to Strasbourg yesterday and last-minute talks with Jean-Claude Juncker.
Former Brexit Secretary David Davis tweeted: ‘This all now depends on the Attorney General’s legal advice. It is critical that he confirms we can escape this backstop.’
Theresa May will make a direct pitch to MPs at 11.30am and hopes the changes to her deal will be enough to win backing for her plan from rebel Tory Brexiteers and the DUP in the meaningful vote tonight and secure Britain’s exit from the EU on March 29.
No deal is the best deal. The British MPs don’t need to vote for May’s ridiculous plan in order to “secure Brexit”. Britain will leave the EU regardless of whether the Parliament backs the Prime Minister or not. All of these Parliamentary shenanigans are merely meant to provide cover to the elite’s obvious desire to abandon democracy and overturn the will of the people. But I doubt these efforts will work because if the current British elite had the confidence to openly declare that democracy is dead and they will rule as they see fit no matter what people want, we wouldn’t be subjected to these embarrassingly stupid theatrics in the first place.