Abstract
Abstract
This chapter looks into the government’s default control of the House of Commons agenda, which came under increasing pressure after the deal had been defeated when other MPs sought to build alternative majorities. The defeat of Theresa May’s deal in the first meaningful vote sparked an increasingly bitter political period, which triggered further division between both the main parties. Moreover, MPs expressed clear opposition to a no-deal exit and supported a doomed attempt to send the government back to the negotiating table. The chapter explains the Commons asking the Prime Minister to extend the Article 50 period. It also deals with May’s subsequent resignation.
Publisher
Oxford University PressOxford
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