The British government has finally made the decision to fully implement preparations for a No Deal Brexit, in news that will be welcomed by millions of Leave voters.
Downing Street has confirmed that the government will now implement their plans for No Deal “in full”. Great news.
Businesses and citizens will be given further info in the coming weeks.
There are 320 workstreams across Whitehall that will be fully implemented, with The Telegraph’s Jack Maidment describing the move as a “seismic decision”.
https://www.westmonster.com/government-implementing-no-deal-plans-in-full/
Education Secretary, Damian Hinds was among those at the two and a half hour cabinet meeting on Tuesday calling for a "flushing out" of opinion in a series of exploratory votes in the Commons.
The prime minister was thought to be opposed to the idea.
But the BBC's deputy political editor John Pienaar said he understood that Mrs May now wishes to accelerate and compress the process, so that various options are presented in amendments to her motion - seeking to approve her deal - and voted upon at the same time.
"Last time, for one reason or another, people only set out what they opposed. Next time could be an opportunity for people to set down what they support - and vote on it," a senior source close to Mrs May said.
Many MPs and ministers have been playing their cards closely, waiting for Mrs May's deal to fail before offering their own proposals as the last, best, remaining outcome, said John Pienaar.
In what seems like an effort to pre-empt this manoeuvre the prime minister wants the various different options to be put to the vote as amendments to the motion backing her plan - if each alternative is defeated, the final option would be her deal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46608952