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Northern Spirit έγραψε: 18 Μαρ 2019, 18:07 O Bercow δηλωσε οτι δεν μπορει να επανελθει προς ψηφιση η συνθηκη της Μει...Χωρις αλλαγες στο κειμονο δεν μπορει να ξαναψηφιστει στη τωρινη συνοδο της Βουλης...Μπορει να επανελθει στην..επομενη δηλαδη κατα το Μαιο..

John Bercow delivers his statement
John Bercow delivers his statement Photograph: Parliament TV
The House of Commons Speaker, John Bercow, has said the government cannot bring back the meaningful vote again to parliament unless there has been substantial change to the Brexit deal.

In a shock move likely to infuriate the prime minister, the Speaker said the House of Commons was “being repeatedly asked to pronounce” on the same question.

Quoting from the guide to parliamentary procedure, Erskine May, Bercow said that by convention, the question “may not be brought forward again during the same session” and that it was a “strong and longstanding convention” dating back to 1604.

“Decisions of the house matter. They have weight,” he said. “It is a necessary rule to ensure the sensible use of the house’s time and the proper respect for the decisions which it takes.”

Bercow said the second meaningful vote motion held last week did not fall foul of the convention, because it “could credibly argued it was a different proposition” to that rejected on 15 January 15 because of changes the government considered to be legally binding.

“If the government was to bring forward a new proposition that is neither the same, nor substantially the same as disposed of by 10 March, this would be entirely in order,” he said, but said it could not be “the same proposition or substantially the same proposition”.

Labour’s Hilary Benn, the chair of the Brexit committee, asks if Bercow’s statement means the government would have to get the EU to agree to changes to the agremeent. Or would it be enough for the government to offer concessions to a party in the Commons (ie, the DUP).

Bercow says, thinking off the top of his head, “in all likelihood, the answer to [Benn’s] question is yes”.

A change of opinion about something is not the same as a change to the offer, he says.

He says he would have to look at this.

Fundamentally, for something to be different, it has to be fundamentally different.

Not just different by wording, he says; different by substance.

Bercow implies he will not allow a new vote on the Brexit deal unless the EU agrees to further changes to it.
This takes Bercow’s ruling much further than his original words implied.

Given that the EU has said it will not make any further changes to the withdrawal agreement, Bercow’s answer to Benn may have killed off all prospect of a MV3 vote.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte used a Monty Python movie reference to describe Theresa May’s tenacity on Brexit despite repeated defeats.

“I have a lot of respect for Theresa May - she reminds me occasionally of that Monty Python character where all his arms and legs are cut off and then says to his opponent: let’s call it a draw,” Mr Rutte said in an interview on the “WNL op Zondag” television talk show on Sunday.