Gavin Williamson is urging Theresa May to postpone the vote. Alun Cairns and Amber Rudd say that the prime minister should call it off if she is still facing defeat on Monday JACK TAYLOR/GETTY IMAGESDowning Street insisted today that next week’s Brexit vote is going ahead after the chairman of the 1922 Committee pleaded with Theresa May for a delay. Sir Graham Brady, who represents Conservative backbenchers, publicly called for the prime minister to push back Tuesday’s vote, which most expect will result in a heavy loss. Mrs May earlier confirmed that she was negotiating with Tory opponents over potential concessions over the backstop, Britain’s legal guarantee to the EU that it will avoid a hard Irish border. She called a group of supportive senior ministers to a meeting in No 10 at 1.30pm, including David Lidington, David Gauke, Amber Rudd, Karen Bradley, Philip Hammond, Michael Gove, Julian Smith, Liam Fox and Stephen Barclay.

Source: The Times December 06, 2018 00:03 UTC