{"id":8626,"date":"2019-01-16T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:07:49","slug":"jean-responds-to-mays-historic-brexit-defeat-its-time-to-revoke-article-50-and-call-a-peoples-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2019\/01\/16\/jean-responds-to-mays-historic-brexit-defeat-its-time-to-revoke-article-50-and-call-a-peoples-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean responds to May’s historic Brexit defeat: “It’s time to extend Article 50 and call a People’s Vote”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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16 January 2019<\/p>\n

Last night, MPs voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal by 432 to 202 – the heaviest parliamentary defeat of the democratic era. [1]<\/p>\n

Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP<\/strong><\/span>, responded to the result by calling on the Prime Minister to revoke Article 50 and call a People’s Vote:<\/p>\n

“Last night’s crippling defeat – the largest in our Parliament\u2019s democratic history – is yet another humiliation for Theresa May and her Government.<\/em><\/p>\n

Having already lost her majority at the 2017 General Election, the Prime Minister\u2019s vision for Brexit has now also lost the confidence of Parliament and of a huge proportion of her own Tory MPs.<\/em><\/p>\n

We were promised \u2018strong and stable\u2019 leadership. But, having mishandled Brexit at every turn and treated Parliament with contempt, the Tories have ploughed the UK directly into the greatest constitutional crisis in modern history.<\/em><\/p>\n

Given that the EU clearly has no appetite to reopen negotiations, Theresa May\u2019s deal is now dead in the water. Meanwhile, there is no Parliamentary majority for her threatened \u2018no deal\u2019 Brexit – a catastrophic act of self-harm which would put lives at risk, damage the economy, and inflict yet more irreparable damage to the UK\u2019s reputation on the world stage.<\/em><\/p>\n

At this impasse, it\u2019s time for the Prime Minister to stop living in fairy-land and face facts. The Government must restore this country\u2019s hard-won democratic standards, and act in the genuine national interest. It\u2019s time to extend Article 50, and call a People\u2019s Vote.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[1] https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2019\/jan\/15\/theresa-may-suffers-historic-defeat-as-tories-turn-against-her<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16 January 2019 Last night, MPs voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal by 432 to 202 – the heaviest parliamentary defeat of the democratic era. [1] Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP, responded to the result by calling on the Prime Minister to revoke Article 50 and call a People’s Vote: “Last night’s crippling defeat – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[340],"tags":[1089,114],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n