Cabinet to meet after deadlock in Commons Brexit votes
One suggestion has been the possibility of a general election - but former foreign secretary Boris Johnson told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg that would likely"infuriate" voters.
"Fear is that the PM is not going to move an inch. That is why we are at a moment of crisis,"he said.so-called indicative votes Last week, Parliament took control of the process away from the government in order to hold a series of votes designed to find an alternative way forward. Mr Barclay said the"only option" left now was to find a way forward that allows the UK to leave the EU with a deal - and the only deal available was the prime minister's.
For months, Parliament has been saying"Let us have a say, let us find the way forward," but in the end they couldn't quite do it. Parliament doesn't know what it wants and we still have lots of different tribes and factions who aren't willing to make peace.
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