100 days to Brexit: What is ACTUALLY happening with Brexit after Theresa May SHAMBLES
BREXIT D-Day is creeping closer, with 100 days to go and Christmas around the corner. So what is actually happening now?
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Recent developments have resulted in the Brexit trajectory being knocked pretty drastically off course. Prime Minister Theresa May cancelled a key vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal admitting it was set to fail, which resulted in a no-confidence motion tabled by her own party. She survived the vote, only to have Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn threatening another one.
So while we watch and wait to see what happens next, we can pull out a few key themes ongoing at the moment to help us understand what is going on at the moment:
JEREMY CORBYN NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION
The Labour leader threatened a no-confidence motion in Mrs May, and it has backfired spectacularly.
After failing to deliver on his threat, Labour’s backbench was quick to condemn the move, calling the U-turn “embarrassing.”
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Labour MPs and minority parties across Westminster have urged Mr Corbyn to table a vote of no confidence in the government as a whole, which could lead to a general election.
The SNP and other opposition parties table a vote of no confidence in the UK government - but it is understood the government only has to give time to motions tabled in the name of the Leader of the Opposition
Ian Blackford, the SNP’s Westminster leader, branded Mr Corbyn the "midwife of Brexit" and accused him of “letting the Government off the hook."
The Telegraph reported on Labour MP who said: “I think it’s a total shambles and completely humiliating for the Labour Party. This was entirely predictable.
“It makes a mockery of the claim that Labour are a government in waiting. I think this genuinely is the most incompetent government in history facing the most incompetent opposition.”
BUSINESS LEADERS VOICE CONCERN OVER BREXIT ‘HORROR’
On Tuesday, business leaders critics politicians for constant in-fighting at the expense of sufficient Brexit planning.
They said firms were "watching in horror" at the ongoing rows within Westminster.
The group also warned there is not enough time to prepare for a no-deal scenario.
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CABINET MEETS TO RAMP UP NO-DEAL PLANNING
Cabinet ministers met on Tuesday for a marathon session to ramp-up contingency planning for a no-deal scenario.
In the plans, £2 billion were set aside in case the UK leaves on March 29 without any deal.
Letters will be sent to 140,000 firms updating them on what they should do while 3,500 troops will be put on standby to help government departments.
Consumers are being advised to familiarise themselves with advice published this summer, in areas ranging from booking flights to using credit cards, with more details promised in the coming weeks.
EU RAMPS UP NO-DEAL PLANNING
The EU has also pushed on with no-deal planning, with the European Commission set to publish legislation to ensure continuity in some sectors on a temporary basis.
Those areas cover data protection, plant and animal health, customs, climate policy, some narrow financial products and the rights of British people living in the European Union.
If there is no Brexit deal, these will apply from 29 March until the end of 2019 at the latest.
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THERESA MAY KEEPS PUSHING HER ‘DEAD’ DEAL
Despite MPs across all parties in the House of Commons insisting Mrs May’s deal is dead, she has not yet abandoned it.
On Wednesday, leaders of the devolved administrations will meet UK ministers at Downing Street for a summit.
Mrs May is expected to urge the first ministers of Scotland and Wales to back her Brexit deal.
Mrs May said her Brexit plan "delivers for the whole of the UK", urging others to "pull together" behind it.
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PARLIAMENT SET TO VOTE ON THE DEAL IN JANUARY
After the initial vote on December 11 was scrapped as a loss became inevitable, Mrs May announced a new one will be held in the third week of January.