0 Have your say Theresa May must now put her Brexit plan to Parliament and, if it falls, call a general election, writes Brian Wilson. It’s time for Theresa May to bring the Brexit negotiations to a head, to find out if her plan can win the support of Parliament and, if not, hold a General Election and allow her successor to pick up the pieces. Having given Mrs May the benefit of many doubts as she struggled to fulfil the referendum mandate, I cannot see any case for further prevarication. There was always going to come a point where it is necessary to say: “This is it. Like it or lump it.” If she loses in Parliament or even in the Cabinet, the alternative cannot be to blunder on into “no deal” with all its dire implications. If that option is sniffed at by the Brexit zealots, they will jump at it because they are so contemptuous of consequences. By offering the straight choice of accepting her package or going to the country, Mrs May would give herself the best chance of securing a majority while offering an indisputably democratic alternative. If there is to be a second referendum, then it should be at the behest of a freshly elected government. Would it come to that? I doubt it. The prospect of a General Election would concentrate minds wonderfully because of the sheer unpredictability of the outcome. In particular, Mrs May’s ghastly cohorts in the Democratic Unionist Party would… [Read full story]
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