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Brexit: Amber Rudd urges MPs to 'forge a consensus' | Brexit: Amber Rudd urges MPs to 'forge a consensus' |
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MPs across the parties should try to "forge a consensus" over Brexit, the work and pensions secretary has said. | MPs across the parties should try to "forge a consensus" over Brexit, the work and pensions secretary has said. |
In the Daily Mail, Amber Rudd wrote: "Brexit is in danger of getting stuck." | In the Daily Mail, Amber Rudd wrote: "Brexit is in danger of getting stuck." |
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it would be possible to get "a version" of the prime minister's Brexit deal approved by MPs. | Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it would be possible to get "a version" of the prime minister's Brexit deal approved by MPs. |
But BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar says that without an end date to the controversial "backstop" plan, it has no chance of passing. | But BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar says that without an end date to the controversial "backstop" plan, it has no chance of passing. |
Theresa May's bid to make her deal more acceptable to MPs suffered a blow when EU leaders said it was "not open for renegotiation". | Theresa May's bid to make her deal more acceptable to MPs suffered a blow when EU leaders said it was "not open for renegotiation". |
Last week, Mrs May delayed a vote in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal, fearing a heavy defeat. | Last week, Mrs May delayed a vote in the House of Commons on her Brexit deal, fearing a heavy defeat. |
She then went on to win a confidence vote brought by her own MPs - but vowed to listen to the concerns of the 37% of Tory MPs who voted against her. | She then went on to win a confidence vote brought by her own MPs - but vowed to listen to the concerns of the 37% of Tory MPs who voted against her. |
She travelled to Brussels to make a special plea to EU leaders, to try to make her deal more appealing. | She travelled to Brussels to make a special plea to EU leaders, to try to make her deal more appealing. |
However, the EU said there could be clarification but not renegotiation. | However, the EU said there could be clarification but not renegotiation. |
Ms Rudd - who backed Remain in the referendum - said she supported Mrs May's deal and advocated assembling a "coalition" to avoid what she called "the rocks of no deal". | Ms Rudd - who backed Remain in the referendum - said she supported Mrs May's deal and advocated assembling a "coalition" to avoid what she called "the rocks of no deal". |
She said the country "will face serious trouble" if MPs "dig in against the prime minister's deal". | She said the country "will face serious trouble" if MPs "dig in against the prime minister's deal". |
"We need to find a plan that a majority in Parliament can support," she said. | "We need to find a plan that a majority in Parliament can support," she said. |
"We need to try something different. Something that people do in the real world all the time, but which seems so alien in our political culture - to engage with others and be willing to forge a consensus. | "We need to try something different. Something that people do in the real world all the time, but which seems so alien in our political culture - to engage with others and be willing to forge a consensus. |
"It also requires everyone to abandon outrage and accusations." | "It also requires everyone to abandon outrage and accusations." |
Many of Mrs May's own MPs are concerned that the controversial "backstop" plan - which is aimed at preventing a hard border in Northern Ireland - would keep the UK tied to EU rules indefinitely and limit its ability to strike trade deals. | Many of Mrs May's own MPs are concerned that the controversial "backstop" plan - which is aimed at preventing a hard border in Northern Ireland - would keep the UK tied to EU rules indefinitely and limit its ability to strike trade deals. |
Mr Hunt said the EU needed to listen to appeals from the British government to provide "legally enforceable language" that the backstop would be temporary. | Mr Hunt said the EU needed to listen to appeals from the British government to provide "legally enforceable language" that the backstop would be temporary. |
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The thing that the House of Commons will not accept is any risk of us being permanently trapped through the Northern Irish backstop in the customs union." | He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "The thing that the House of Commons will not accept is any risk of us being permanently trapped through the Northern Irish backstop in the customs union." |
He added: "The only way that we're going to get through the House of Commons and give the British people the Brexit that they voted for is to have a version of the deal that the government has negotiated." | |
However, the BBC's John Pienaar said the problem remained that only "an end date or a key to the exit door" would make it possible for the deal to be supported by MPs. | |
He added: "The EU has shown no indication, publicly or privately at any point, that it is willing to give that." | |
PM time-wasting 'unacceptable' | |
Former Tory minister Jo Johnson, a Remainer who resigned over Mrs May's handling of negotiations, said MPs should be able to vote on her Brexit deal next week. | Former Tory minister Jo Johnson, a Remainer who resigned over Mrs May's handling of negotiations, said MPs should be able to vote on her Brexit deal next week. |
He said it was "unacceptable" for the PM to "run down the clock" and leave Parliament with only a choice between her deal and no deal at all. | |
One idea, favoured by at least one cabinet minister, is a series of votes on other plans, such as a relationship similar to Norway's with the EU, or another referendum, before next month's "meaningful vote" in the Commons. | One idea, favoured by at least one cabinet minister, is a series of votes on other plans, such as a relationship similar to Norway's with the EU, or another referendum, before next month's "meaningful vote" in the Commons. |
At a Leave Means Leave rally in London on Friday, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage told the BBC it was "outrageous" another referendum could happen, but added: "I can see where we're going." | |
Mr Farage added the treatment of Mrs May in Brussels this week had been a "shaming moment" for both the UK and the EU and that the prime minister's Brexit deal was now "dead". | Mr Farage added the treatment of Mrs May in Brussels this week had been a "shaming moment" for both the UK and the EU and that the prime minister's Brexit deal was now "dead". |
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the withdrawal deal was now "dead in the water". | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the withdrawal deal was now "dead in the water". |
He added: "Rather than ploughing ahead and dangerously running down the clock, the prime minister needs to put her deal to a vote next week so Parliament can take back control." | He added: "Rather than ploughing ahead and dangerously running down the clock, the prime minister needs to put her deal to a vote next week so Parliament can take back control." |