Watching the debates in the common's this evening, few things about the coming votes are becoming clearer:
- tomorrow is the "do we leave without a deal" vote not "do we take no-deal off the table". If tomorrow's vote succeeds, the Government will change their plans to leave with no deal or future releationship. If it fails, we can still leave with no-deal on the 29th.
- Thursday (if the previous vote fails) is the "do we extend Article 50". If that succeeds, the Government will come back in the future with legislation to change the withdrawl date in UK law. If it fails, then we're back to square one. Government policy will still be to leave with May's deal, and we will crash out on the 29th if that doesn't make it through a new "meaningful" vote.
May's government are still playing games.
(4th biggest defeat in history today)