Theresa May's Speech Has Alienated The Labour MPs She Hoped Would Back Her Deal
Theresa May has alienated the Labour MPs that Downing Street was hoping to woo to swing behind her deal by pitting the public against parliament in an incendiary statement on Wednesday night.said the prime minister had put them at risk by blaming them for delays to Brexit.
On Wednesday, ahead of her statement, a source close to the Labour whips office had said that there were concerns that some of the party's MPs would break the whip and back May's deal in a last-minute vote to avoid a no-deal Brexit. “You want this stage of the Brexit process to be over and done with. I agree. I am on your side. It is now time for MPs to decide."
A third Labour MP told BuzzFeed News that, fearing a no-deal Brexit, they had considered voting for the deal but"it just looks like a lost cause after statement last night," with MPs on the Conservative benches also turning against her. Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said she never would have voted for the deal, but criticised May for stoking tensions between parliamentarians and the public.
"She’s had nearly three years to sort this mess out and we are days from crashing out with no deal," she added.
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