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| Brexit: Heseltine vows to rebel in Lords bill debate | Brexit: Heseltine vows to rebel in Lords bill debate |
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| Senior Tory Lord Heseltine has said he will rebel against the government when peers debate the bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Brexit. | Senior Tory Lord Heseltine has said he will rebel against the government when peers debate the bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Brexit. |
| He says he will support an opposition amendment in the House of Lords demanding MPs get a meaningful vote on the deal reached with the EU. | He says he will support an opposition amendment in the House of Lords demanding MPs get a meaningful vote on the deal reached with the EU. |
| Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he denies this would be a "confrontation". | Writing in the Mail on Sunday, he denies this would be a "confrontation". |
| Lord Heseltine said it aimed to ensure the Commons "can exercise its authority over the defining issue of our time". | Lord Heseltine said it aimed to ensure the Commons "can exercise its authority over the defining issue of our time". |
| Last week peers gave an unopposed second reading to the draft legislation on Brexit. | Last week peers gave an unopposed second reading to the draft legislation on Brexit. |
| More than 180 members spoke during a two-day debate, which lasted nearly 20 hours. | More than 180 members spoke during a two-day debate, which lasted nearly 20 hours. |
| MPs have already backed the proposed law, authorising Prime Minister Theresa May to inform the EU of the UK's intention to leave. | MPs have already backed the proposed law, authorising Prime Minister Theresa May to inform the EU of the UK's intention to leave. |
| Opposition peers want to amend the bill at a later date to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in Britain and the role of Parliament in scrutinising the process. | Opposition peers want to amend the bill at a later date to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in Britain and the role of Parliament in scrutinising the process. |
| As the government does not have a majority in the Lords, it is vulnerable to being outvoted if opposition peers - including Labour's 202 and the 102 Lib Dems - join forces. | As the government does not have a majority in the Lords, it is vulnerable to being outvoted if opposition peers - including Labour's 202 and the 102 Lib Dems - join forces. |
| Mrs May has said she wants to invoke Article 50 of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty - the formal two-year mechanism by which a member state must leave the EU - by the end of March, and the government has warned the House of Lords not to frustrate the process. | Mrs May has said she wants to invoke Article 50 of the 2009 Lisbon Treaty - the formal two-year mechanism by which a member state must leave the EU - by the end of March, and the government has warned the House of Lords not to frustrate the process. |
| Lord Heseltine writes: "The fightback starts here. My opponents will argue that the people have spoken, the [Brexit] mandate secured and the future cast. My experience stands against this argument". | |
| The former deputy prime minister, whose leadership challenge to Margaret Thatcher helped trigger her exit from Number 10 in 1990, campaigned for Remain in the run-up to the referendum. | |
| He has been a supporter of the EU within the Conservative Party and backed the idea of the UK joining the single currency. | |
| Nicknamed "Tarzan", the blond-haired, centrist straight-talker played a role in British politics for decades and late last year responded to questions over an altercation with his mother's Alsatian. |