Parliament takes back control as MPs seek new Brexit options

Parliament takes back control as MPs seek new Brexit options

Mar 27, 2019 | Articles, News

The fresh blow for the British Prime Minister has put the future of a million expats in Europe firmly into the hands of MPs, who are expected to avoid a hard Brexit.

It comes after thousands of expats joined a million marchers at a massive anti-Brexit protest in London at the weekend.

“It was great to be there making history I hope,” said Sue Wilson of Bremain in Spain.

“It is not the first time we have voted with our feet, but it was our biggest ever march contingent,” she added.

MPs used Monday night’s vote to express their discontent at Theresa May’s stubborn refusal to set a fresh approach to Brexit.

Parliament will now hold a series of ‘indicative votes’ tomorrow in an attempt to break the Brexit deadlock after the Government lost the vote by 329 votes to 302.

Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said: “Another humiliating defeat for a prime minister who has lost complete control of her party, her cabinet and of the Brexit process.

“Parliament has fought back – and now has the chance to decide what happens next.”

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Bremain in Spain Comments on Devolved Parliaments and Brexit

Bremain in Spain Comments on Devolved Parliaments and Brexit

Apr 26, 2018 | Articles

Bremain in Spain, an organisation campaigning for the rights of British citizens in Spain and the EU, comments on the burning issue of the devolved parliaments in the Brexit negotiations and why it is increasingly necessary to have a People’s Vote.
The Welsh government, headed by Carwyn Howell Jones who will stand down in autumn, has agreed to sign a deal with UK government ministers over the sharing of EU powers if Brexit goes ahead. The Welsh Finance Secretary, Mark Drakeford, said that UK government concessions are enough to protect the Welsh Assembly’s powers if Britain leaves the EU.
In an open letter to prime minister, Theresa May, the Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would continue to press the prime minister to make further concessions on how the devolved and central UK governments would share powers re Brexit. Key issues include farm subsidies, fishing quotas, GM crop policies, organ transplant rules and food labelling.

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