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| Brexit: 'I will not negotiate a delay with the EU,' Boris Johnson tells MPs after vote defeat – as it happened | |
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| Thank you for following the blog today and for all your comments. Here is a summary of the day’s main developments. | Thank you for following the blog today and for all your comments. Here is a summary of the day’s main developments. |
| Boris Johnson has until 11pm to request an extension to Brexit from the EU after losing a vote on an amendment tabled by Oliver Letwin. The Letwin amendment, which puts a brake on Brexit, was passed by 322 votes to 306. | Boris Johnson has until 11pm to request an extension to Brexit from the EU after losing a vote on an amendment tabled by Oliver Letwin. The Letwin amendment, which puts a brake on Brexit, was passed by 322 votes to 306. |
| The prime minister insisted he would “not negotiate a delay with the EU, and neither does the law compel me to do so”. Jeremy Corbyn told him he must comply with the law and the SNP’s Ian Blackford warned Johnson could end up in court. | The prime minister insisted he would “not negotiate a delay with the EU, and neither does the law compel me to do so”. Jeremy Corbyn told him he must comply with the law and the SNP’s Ian Blackford warned Johnson could end up in court. |
| The leader of the house, Jacob Rees-Mogg, said another meaningful vote would be held on Monday. But the Speaker, John Bercow, indicated he might not allow this as it would be “curious or irregular” attempt to “invalidate” the result of today’s vote. | |
| Bercow also indicated that he could write the letter to the EU requesting an extension if instructed to by a judge or MPs. No 10 has yet to clarify whether Johnson will send the letter. | |
| The People’s Vote campaign claims 1 million people have joined a march in London demanding they get a say on any Brexit deal. John McDonnell, Caroline Lucas and Anna Soubry were among those who addressed the crowds after the parliamentary vote. | The People’s Vote campaign claims 1 million people have joined a march in London demanding they get a say on any Brexit deal. John McDonnell, Caroline Lucas and Anna Soubry were among those who addressed the crowds after the parliamentary vote. |
| Here’s what Gina Miller – who has won two legal challenges against the government over Brexit – said about today. | Here’s what Gina Miller – who has won two legal challenges against the government over Brexit – said about today. |
| Letwin amendment win affords MPs a pause for thought. Lots of twist & turns still to come but important MPs focus on:- country over party- principles over politics - scrutiny over blind rubberstamping. The dishonesty dripping from some MPs lips in the HoC today was shameful | Letwin amendment win affords MPs a pause for thought. Lots of twist & turns still to come but important MPs focus on:- country over party- principles over politics - scrutiny over blind rubberstamping. The dishonesty dripping from some MPs lips in the HoC today was shameful |
| Police are stood round a group singing Rule Britannia, chanting: “Oh Tommy Tommy (Robinson)” and calling for a no-deal Brexit as pro-EU protesters are singing: “Bollocks to Brexit.” | Police are stood round a group singing Rule Britannia, chanting: “Oh Tommy Tommy (Robinson)” and calling for a no-deal Brexit as pro-EU protesters are singing: “Bollocks to Brexit.” |
| There's about two dozen people chanting in support of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Tommy Robinson, singing "Bye bue EU". Insults shouted towards them by pro EU demonstrators. "Are these the Brexiteers?" an Austrian man asks me pic.twitter.com/3EILONMurU | There's about two dozen people chanting in support of Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and Tommy Robinson, singing "Bye bue EU". Insults shouted towards them by pro EU demonstrators. "Are these the Brexiteers?" an Austrian man asks me pic.twitter.com/3EILONMurU |
| The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, also needed a police escort today. In her case it was after addressing the People’s Vote march and being followed by pro-Brexit supporters. | The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, also needed a police escort today. In her case it was after addressing the People’s Vote march and being followed by pro-Brexit supporters. |
| Police escorting @HackneyAbbott as she is harassed by pro-Brexit supporters after leaving the stage of the #PeoplesVoteMarch pic.twitter.com/0plDF0HyF1 | Police escorting @HackneyAbbott as she is harassed by pro-Brexit supporters after leaving the stage of the #PeoplesVoteMarch pic.twitter.com/0plDF0HyF1 |
| Another response, this time from the the taoiseach: | Another response, this time from the the taoiseach: |
| The EU & UK agreed a Withdrawal Agreement on Thursday that defends Ireland’s interests. The Commons voted today to defer a decision on whether or not to ratify that agreement. To date, no request for an extension has been made by the UK Government. | The EU & UK agreed a Withdrawal Agreement on Thursday that defends Ireland’s interests. The Commons voted today to defer a decision on whether or not to ratify that agreement. To date, no request for an extension has been made by the UK Government. |
| Here is what the European parliament’s representative on Brexit has said about today’s events: | Here is what the European parliament’s representative on Brexit has said about today’s events: |
| The @Europarl_EN's Brexit Steering Group will consider the outcome of today's vote for the Letwin amendment on Monday. Whatever happens next, the marches outside the Parliament show just how important a close EU - UK future relationship is. | The @Europarl_EN's Brexit Steering Group will consider the outcome of today's vote for the Letwin amendment on Monday. Whatever happens next, the marches outside the Parliament show just how important a close EU - UK future relationship is. |
| The leader of the house, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has also been given a police escort leaving parliament. | The leader of the house, Jacob Rees-Mogg, has also been given a police escort leaving parliament. |
| Make of this what you will - protesters screaming and chanting "traitor" and "shame on you" at Jacob Rees-Mogg as he leaves Parliament just now with his 12-year-old son. pic.twitter.com/B8Q5epduqi | Make of this what you will - protesters screaming and chanting "traitor" and "shame on you" at Jacob Rees-Mogg as he leaves Parliament just now with his 12-year-old son. pic.twitter.com/B8Q5epduqi |
| The business secretary, Andrea Leadsom, was escorted by police as she left the House of Commons to the sound of protesters on the People’s Vote march shouting: “Shame on you.” | The business secretary, Andrea Leadsom, was escorted by police as she left the House of Commons to the sound of protesters on the People’s Vote march shouting: “Shame on you.” |
| Andrea Leadsom given police escort as she leaves Parliament pic.twitter.com/ALQK7CdCys | Andrea Leadsom given police escort as she leaves Parliament pic.twitter.com/ALQK7CdCys |
| Thank goodness for our superb police. Just walked home safely from HoC with their protection - why do the so called ‘People’s Vote’ protesters think it’s ok to abuse, intimidate and scream in the face of someone they don’t agree with? So frightening, and so grateful to the police | Thank goodness for our superb police. Just walked home safely from HoC with their protection - why do the so called ‘People’s Vote’ protesters think it’s ok to abuse, intimidate and scream in the face of someone they don’t agree with? So frightening, and so grateful to the police |
| Having left the Commons after the Letwin amendment was passed, a number of MPs have been addressing the People’s Vote march. | Having left the Commons after the Letwin amendment was passed, a number of MPs have been addressing the People’s Vote march. |
| John McDonnell: "We cannot support this deal. It is now time to revert to the fundamental principle that underlies our democracy. Let our people decide. Let democracy reign once again." #PeoplesVoteMarch | John McDonnell: "We cannot support this deal. It is now time to revert to the fundamental principle that underlies our democracy. Let our people decide. Let democracy reign once again." #PeoplesVoteMarch |
| Sam Gyimah warns against the UK becoming a nation run by lobbyists and calls for a people's vote. "Super Saturday just turned into soufflé Saturday. The deal falls far short of the expectations set during the referendum campaign. As a country, we are better off in the EU." | Sam Gyimah warns against the UK becoming a nation run by lobbyists and calls for a people's vote. "Super Saturday just turned into soufflé Saturday. The deal falls far short of the expectations set during the referendum campaign. As a country, we are better off in the EU." |
| Smattering of applause by the screen on Pall Mall as Ed Davey calls on Remainers to embrace their "Leave brothers" and help overcome inequalities in the UK, before Jo Swinson thanks everyone for their work campaigning and celebrates how the UK remains in the EU #PeoplesVoteMarch | Smattering of applause by the screen on Pall Mall as Ed Davey calls on Remainers to embrace their "Leave brothers" and help overcome inequalities in the UK, before Jo Swinson thanks everyone for their work campaigning and celebrates how the UK remains in the EU #PeoplesVoteMarch |
| Anna Soubry: "This right wing Tory government is ruthless in their ideological dreams and desires and want to drive through the hardest Brexit possible. The fight has to continue, harder than ever before. The only way through it is a people's vote." #PeoplesVoteMarch | Anna Soubry: "This right wing Tory government is ruthless in their ideological dreams and desires and want to drive through the hardest Brexit possible. The fight has to continue, harder than ever before. The only way through it is a people's vote." #PeoplesVoteMarch |
| The decision by MPs to pass the Letwin amendment brings the legal action against the prime minister which resumes on Monday in Scotland’s highest civil court into sharp relief. | The decision by MPs to pass the Letwin amendment brings the legal action against the prime minister which resumes on Monday in Scotland’s highest civil court into sharp relief. |
| The court of session will resume its hearing into a request for an emergency interdict, or injunction, to force Johnson to send the Brexit extension letter required by the Benn act. | The court of session will resume its hearing into a request for an emergency interdict, or injunction, to force Johnson to send the Brexit extension letter required by the Benn act. |
| Johnson told the Commons on Saturday he was not legally required to do so – a position the court is now likely to test on Monday. | Johnson told the Commons on Saturday he was not legally required to do so – a position the court is now likely to test on Monday. |
| 'I will not negotiate a delay with the EU and neither does the law compel me to do so'@BorisJohnson says he will not request an extension to Brexit https://t.co/CsFRue9gLi pic.twitter.com/vTzQ77atkn | 'I will not negotiate a delay with the EU and neither does the law compel me to do so'@BorisJohnson says he will not request an extension to Brexit https://t.co/CsFRue9gLi pic.twitter.com/vTzQ77atkn |
| Ten days ago, Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lords Drummond-Young and Brodie, postponed a decision on enforcing the act’s provisions because they did not then know whether Johnson would have to uphold its provisions or would fail to do so. | Ten days ago, Scotland’s most senior judge, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lords Drummond-Young and Brodie, postponed a decision on enforcing the act’s provisions because they did not then know whether Johnson would have to uphold its provisions or would fail to do so. |
| That case, brought by Dale Vince, the millionaire owner of the Ecotricity green energy company, Jolyon Maugham QC, the anti-Brexit campaigner, and Joanna Cherry QC, the SNP MP will resume at noon on Monday. | That case, brought by Dale Vince, the millionaire owner of the Ecotricity green energy company, Jolyon Maugham QC, the anti-Brexit campaigner, and Joanna Cherry QC, the SNP MP will resume at noon on Monday. |
| So @BorisJohnson loses again today but is threatening not to comply with #BennAct or promises made to Scottish court. Just as well we are due back in court on Monday & Mr Speaker has just confirmed to me that he’ll sig #Extension letter if court so requires | So @BorisJohnson loses again today but is threatening not to comply with #BennAct or promises made to Scottish court. Just as well we are due back in court on Monday & Mr Speaker has just confirmed to me that he’ll sig #Extension letter if court so requires |
| If Johnson has failed to send the letter as required, by 11pm tonight, the court is expected to rule on Monday on whether to give Johnson 24 hours to do so or face being held in contempt of court. | If Johnson has failed to send the letter as required, by 11pm tonight, the court is expected to rule on Monday on whether to give Johnson 24 hours to do so or face being held in contempt of court. |
| Legal sources believe the prime minister is in significant legal peril. Lawyers for the UK government told the court on 9 October they knew the solemn pledges given at an earlier hearing that Johnson would comply with the act were legally binding. | Legal sources believe the prime minister is in significant legal peril. Lawyers for the UK government told the court on 9 October they knew the solemn pledges given at an earlier hearing that Johnson would comply with the act were legally binding. |
| The UK government told the court of session on Friday 4 October the prime minister accepted “he is subject to the public law principle that he cannot frustrate its purpose or the purpose of its provisions. Thus he cannot act so as to prevent the letter requesting the specified extension in the act from being sent.” | The UK government told the court of session on Friday 4 October the prime minister accepted “he is subject to the public law principle that he cannot frustrate its purpose or the purpose of its provisions. Thus he cannot act so as to prevent the letter requesting the specified extension in the act from being sent.” |
| And the court will also adjudicate on a second part of the application: an interdict forcing the UK government not to frustrate or undermine the intent of the letter, by attempting to sidestep the extension move. | And the court will also adjudicate on a second part of the application: an interdict forcing the UK government not to frustrate or undermine the intent of the letter, by attempting to sidestep the extension move. |
| If he or his ministers, or their proxies, try to subvert the request for an extension – say by sending a second letter asking the EU to ignore the extension application, they will also be at risk of contempt. | If he or his ministers, or their proxies, try to subvert the request for an extension – say by sending a second letter asking the EU to ignore the extension application, they will also be at risk of contempt. |
| It is only if Johnson fails to send the letter and fails to adhere to the court’s interdict requiring him to do so that the court will consider the nuclear option. It has unique powers called nobile officium, which allow the court or its agent to send that letter to all 27 EU member states and institutions on Johnson’s behalf. | It is only if Johnson fails to send the letter and fails to adhere to the court’s interdict requiring him to do so that the court will consider the nuclear option. It has unique powers called nobile officium, which allow the court or its agent to send that letter to all 27 EU member states and institutions on Johnson’s behalf. |
| Those powers have never been used in such a way, and if the Scottish court uses them, it would provoke another extraordinary constitutional confrontation. Assuming the court issues a definitive ruling next week, the case is expected to end up in the UK supreme court within days. | Those powers have never been used in such a way, and if the Scottish court uses them, it would provoke another extraordinary constitutional confrontation. Assuming the court issues a definitive ruling next week, the case is expected to end up in the UK supreme court within days. |
| Proceedings in the House of Commons have now been adjourned after a lengthy discussion about what happens next following the government’s defeat on the Letwin amendment. | Proceedings in the House of Commons have now been adjourned after a lengthy discussion about what happens next following the government’s defeat on the Letwin amendment. |
| Many opposition MPs were unhappy at the prospect of the government tabling another meaningful vote for Monday. It was unclear whether the Speaker, John Bercow, would grant this. | Many opposition MPs were unhappy at the prospect of the government tabling another meaningful vote for Monday. It was unclear whether the Speaker, John Bercow, would grant this. |
| Last year, the Speaker said the government could not keep bringing back the same question to parliament in the hope that they got a different answer. | Last year, the Speaker said the government could not keep bringing back the same question to parliament in the hope that they got a different answer. |
| The independent - former Labour - MP Jared O’Mara voted for the Letwin amendment, as did the vast majority of Labour MPs. | The independent - former Labour - MP Jared O’Mara voted for the Letwin amendment, as did the vast majority of Labour MPs. |
| Only the six usual Labour MPs voted with @BorisJohnson against the Letwin motion. pic.twitter.com/WjG8MNmgbW | Only the six usual Labour MPs voted with @BorisJohnson against the Letwin motion. pic.twitter.com/WjG8MNmgbW |