One cabinet minister said it had been underestimated how instrumental the amendment put down by Dominic Grieve had been. If any parliamentary faction can command a majority to pass their version of Brexit as an amendment, “that is effectively the government”, the cabinet minister believes. May and Smith have insisted there is no prospect of Downing Street cancelling the Brexit vote next Tuesday. Former Brexit secretary David Davis called on MPs to vote down the deal in such numbers that it cannot be revived. The Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay, will be in heavily leave-voting Peterborough and Hammond will visit a school in Chertsey in Surrey.

Source: The Guardian December 06, 2018 19:53 UTC