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UPDATED: Bercow rules out a third attempt by Theresa May to get her Brexit deal passed – how should the Liberal Democrats respond?

By Mark Valladares | Mon 18th March 2019 - 4:32 pm

In dramatic scenes in the House of Commons, The Speaker, John Bercow, has ruled that Theresa May can’t hold a third vote on her Brexit deal without major changes to it. This appears to leave only five options;

No deal;
No Brexit;
Seek a long extension to allow time to negotiate a new deal;
Prorogue Parliament to allow a new session in which the deal can be brought back, and;
A General Election

Here’s some early reaction from the Party…

Speaker rules that a third meaningful vote must be different to first two. He is clearly as bored with Theresa May's deal as we all are and knows it will never get through Parliament!

— Jamie Stone MP (@Jamie4North) March 18, 2019

May now officially can't keep coming back with the same deal. Her deal is dead, and unless she finds significant changes, her deal has no path through Parliament. How do we solve this crisis? We need to put the deal to the people, with the option to remain. #PeoplesVote

— Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) March 18, 2019

UPDATE – we’ve now received the official press comment…

Responding to the decision by Commons Speaker John Bercow to rule out the Conservative Government holding another vote on …

PMQs: Bits start to fall off Cameron’s wagon

By Paul Walter | Wed 22nd June 2011 - 7:53 pm

After last week’s Miliband success at Prime Minister’s Questions, this time we started off with Ed Miliband in softly softly mode. He asked about Libya and the service chiefs’ concern about an extended campaign. Displaying a becoming measure of gravitas, he also asked whether the defence review should be revisited in the light of the “Arab Spring” which William Hague has described as more important than 9-11. That’s a good question given that the review didn’t mention Libya, Tunisia or Egypt.

David Cameron said he has been assured by the military grand fromage that we could keep the campaign going as …