Brexit: MPs start Commons debate on whether to back Theresa May's deal
The Commons debate this morning was opened by Attorney General Geoffrey Cox, the Government's law chief known as “Mufasa” for his booming voice.“What this choice will mean is that it will bring certainty to thousands of businesses and millions of individuals throughout this country, and to one million citizens of our country residing in the European Union.
But Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds called on his colleagues to block the deal, saying: “The party opposite is asking us not only to be blindfolded but led into a different room by a different Tory Prime Minister.”They've defeated the deal twice before, but Theresa May hopes they'll change their mind on the day Britain was originally supposed to quit the EU.Theresa May will make the closing speech – her last chance to win the support of waverers.
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