Sometime around breakfast time here in NZ, Theresa May is going to have her Brexit plan flushed down the Westminster dunny.
May is on a hiding to nothing, the nothing being a No Deal Brexit, which will cripple the British economy and possibly re-ignite the Troubles and maybe even end the United Kingdom.
Jeremy Corbyn is being pushed hard to do something, anything. There’s a reasonable chance that by our morning smoko, he’ll have tabled a no confidence motion in the Tory/DUP Government. It’ll probably fail, but maybe not if there are enough arch Brexiteers in the Conservatives who are willing to cross the floor.
All in all, it’s a spectacular mess.
There’ll be live coverage at the usual places; the Guardian here, the BBC here and the Mirror here.
Meanwhile, here’s a useful explainer about the options and this is a short video about the possible outcomes:
However it ends for May in the next 12 hours, Britain has lost influence, lost credibility and lost its way.
There’s no shame in having a fresh referendum. The shame is that there was ever one in the first place.
UPDATE: Vote at around 8.30 am. And the DUP, whose votes are crucial to the Tories, have said they will not support a No Confidence motion if Labour put one up.
UPDATE: Theresa May’s plan has been rejected by 432 votes to 202 – a majority of 230. This is the largest defeat of a Government proposal in 95 years.
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