'Vandalising UK constitution' Brexiteer warns Cooper and Adonis could cause lasting damage
BREXITEER Marcus Fysh warned MPs not to side with Yvette Cooper and Lord Adonis amendment to Theresa May's Brexit agreement as the proposed bill is a "vandalisation of our constitution".
Speaking to Sky News, the Conservative MP argued that it would be "unwise" for any MP who voted to trigger Article 50 and to initiate the Brexit negotiations to now side with an amendment aimed at thwarting the whole process. Mr Fysh claimed Labour MP Yvette Cooper and Labour peer Lord Adonis were "vandalising" the UK's constitution in the process of attempting to stop Brexit.
He said: “The Cooper and Lord Adonis Bill that they are proposing, let’s not beat around the bush, this is a proposal to stop Brexit.
“It would be incredibly unwise for Parliamentarians on any side who have voted for Brexit, voted for the referendum and all the legislation that has come since on it, to now say that they want to stop it.
“In circumstances of doing that while really vandalising our constitution and making it difficult for any administration to be able to control Government time in the future.”
It comes as a number of cross-party MPs are calling on Theresa May to officially rule out a no deal outcome from her Brexit plan B.
It would be incredibly unwise for Parliamentarians on any side to now say that they want to stop Brexit
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also made the demand to the Prime Minister when he refused to be in talks with Number 10 to come up with a solution to the Brexit impasse.
A number of amendments have been tabled to the Prime Minister's deal, including one by Labour MP Yvette Cooper and former attorney general Dominic Grieve.
Mr Grieve’s amendment would give MPs powers to take control of the parliamentary agenda on a series of days in the run-up to the official date of EU withdrawal on March 29 to pass resolutions on the way ahead.
Labour put down an amendment to the Government's Brexit motion calling for a vote on the party's plan for a customs union with the EU and on whether to legislate for a public vote.
On Monday the Prime Minister presented her Brexit plan B to Parliament after the Withdrawal Agreement was defeated by a historic margin last week.
The amendments to the Prime Minister’s motion will be voted on by MPs on January 29.
The final say by MPs on Theresa May's Brexit plan B will follow.