“No-deal Brexit on 31 October is back to being a racing certainty,” he said. “Labour stands ready to use whatever mechanism it can to protect jobs, the economy and communities from the disastrous consequences of a no-deal Brexit,” he said. “We will have been responsible for a no-deal Brexit by default because of our inability to make a decision,” Snell said. Raab had even suggested he would be prepared to prorogue parliament to stop MPs’ efforts to prevent a no-deal Brexit. Tory leadership candidates including Matt Hancock and Rory Stewart, who have opposed no deal, had earlier made it clear they would not back the motion.

Source: The Guardian June 12, 2019 14:34 UTC