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| UK govt cannot hold new parliament vote on same Brexit deal – speaker | UK govt cannot hold new parliament vote on same Brexit deal – speaker |
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| House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has delivered a blow to PM Theresa May, announcing that he will block a third meaningful vote on her Brexit deal unless her government makes “substantial” changes. | House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has delivered a blow to PM Theresa May, announcing that he will block a third meaningful vote on her Brexit deal unless her government makes “substantial” changes. |
| Addressing MPs in parliament, Bercow referenced Erskine May, the parliamentary procedure and constitutional conventions rulebook, on the subject of identical motions being put to the House. | |
| Bercow told British lawmakers that the same motion “in substance... may not be brought forward again during that same session.” | |
| It comes as various media report that the Tory government could put forward May’s Brexit deal to a vote for a third time – with no changes. | |
| Downing Street has been frantically trying to garner support from the Democratic Unionist Party for the prime minister’s deal since it was defeated for a second time by 149 votes last week. | |
| Many hardline Tory Brexiteers who voted against May’s agreement with the EU have claimed that their support hinges on whether the Northern Irish party decides to finally back it. | |
| Speaker Bercow insists bringing the same deal, or substantially the same deal, back to the Commons would not be "proper.” | |
| May has claimed that if MPs approve her deal by Wednesday, she will then request a three-month delay to Brexit at the EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, to enable parliament to pass the necessary legislation. | |
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