Former cabinet ministers could be among those who feel they have no choice but to vote down a Boris Johnson administration in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit, Dominic Grieve has said.
He doesn't care, but:
MPs who voted against their own party in a confidence vote are likely to lose the whip and be de-selected at the next election.
Some will be deselected before they enter an election, of course. What would inspire such a drastic move?
[possible allies] they think it ['no deal'] is going to be catastrophic,” he said.
Presumably we just have to take their words for it.
Elsewhere, the House of Lords is also stirring:
the House of Lords on Monday made moves to stop parliament being suspended to force it through. A cross-party group of peers launched their bid in the Lords this week, as they warned that the “procedural gambit” was needed to stop a “constitutional outrage”.
What has particularly worried the plotters is that a new tougher line seems to be appearing -- at least in the hustings -- over the backstop:
Tory leadership rivals say they would prefer no-deal Brexit to proposed Irish border solutionWhy even propose such a thing, given that:
The EU has repeatedly ruled out reopening Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement to revisit the backstop, which Brussels regards as a way of protecting the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland from a return to a hard border between them.[nothing to do with protecting the customs union, let alone punishing the UK, of course]
Prize for the weakest link between current events and Brexit goes today to S Moore:
The moon landing still offers hope in a world ruled by tiny minds
The article itself also tells Moore's own story of discovery and redemption, of course.
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