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| Brexit votes: MPs fail to back proposals again | Brexit votes: MPs fail to back proposals again |
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| MPs have again failed to agree on proposals for the next steps of Brexit. | |
| The Commons voted on four motions for leaving the EU, including a customs union and a Norway-style arrangement - keeping the UK in the single market - but none gained a majority. | The Commons voted on four motions for leaving the EU, including a customs union and a Norway-style arrangement - keeping the UK in the single market - but none gained a majority. |
| The votes were not legally binding, so the government would not have been forced to adopt the proposals. | The votes were not legally binding, so the government would not have been forced to adopt the proposals. |
| Theresa May's plan that she negotiated with the EU has been rejected twice by historic margins in Parliament. | Theresa May's plan that she negotiated with the EU has been rejected twice by historic margins in Parliament. |
| The withdrawal agreement section of her deal was voted down again by MPs on Friday. | The withdrawal agreement section of her deal was voted down again by MPs on Friday. |
| Mrs May now has until 12 April to either seek a longer extension from the EU to take a different course or decide to leave the EU without a deal. | Mrs May now has until 12 April to either seek a longer extension from the EU to take a different course or decide to leave the EU without a deal. |
| The option defeated by the narrowest margin was a proposal for a customs union, losing by only three votes. | |
| The motion calling for a confirmatory referendum received the most votes in favour, totalling 280, but still lost by a margin of 12. | |
| Following the failure of his own motion to stay in the Single Market - known as Common Market 2.0 - Nick Boles resigned from the Conservative Party. | Following the failure of his own motion to stay in the Single Market - known as Common Market 2.0 - Nick Boles resigned from the Conservative Party. |
| In a point of order following the results, the MP for Grantham and Stamford said he could "no longer sit for this party", adding: "I have done everything I can to find a compromise." | In a point of order following the results, the MP for Grantham and Stamford said he could "no longer sit for this party", adding: "I have done everything I can to find a compromise." |
| As he left the Commons, MPs were heard shouting, "don't go Nick", and others applauded him. | As he left the Commons, MPs were heard shouting, "don't go Nick", and others applauded him. |
| He later tweeted that he would remain an MP and sit in the Commons as "an Independent Progressive Conservative". | |
| Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said the "only option" left was to find a way forward that allows the UK to leave the EU with a deal. | |
| "The government continues to believe that the best course of action is to do so as soon as possible," he said. | |
| "If the House is able to pass a deal this week it may still be possible to avoid holding European elections." | |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it was "disappointing" that none of the proposals secured a majority, but he said he wanted to remind the Commons that Mrs May's deal had been "overwhelmingly rejected". | |
| He added: "If it is good enough for the prime minister to have three chances at her deal, then I suggest it's possible the House should have a chance to consider again the options we had before us... so the House can succeed where the prime minister has failed - in presenting a credible economic relationship with Europe for the future that prevents us crashing out with no deal." |