Labour’s Jo Stevens said that the Tories are “using the no deal threat to scare MPs into backing the prime minister’s bad deal,” and underlined that Theresa May is “trying to hold the people of this country to ransom in order to stay in power.”
Moreover, after the Commons vote took place on Tuesday, the UK could enter a much uncharted political and constitutional territory, with no one seeming to know where this will all end up.
Sputnik has discussed the issue with Christopher Kirkland, Lecturer in Politics at York St John University.
Now, it’s quite clear in the Brexit negotiations that it was Parliament that was the suffering institution — now it’s going to regain control. But May’s created this personality around Brexit, and created tensions between the government and Parliament throughout this process.
And this is the latest in my slide, saying to MPs, “It’s my deal, it’s this deal or we’re not going to have a Brexit.
