MPs meet in ‘super Saturday’ Commons session as Speaker allows debate on Letwin amendment that would withhold support for new Brexit deal
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Former cabinet minister Justine Greening who had the Tory whip withdrawn says the house is being given an “impossible choice”, she likens it to buying a house without going inside.
Greening – along with fellow Tory exiles Dominic Grieve and Guto Bebb – has previously made clear she wants a second referendum.
My colleague Mattha Busby is at the people’s vote march.
An eye-catching arrangement of bottlecaps, some including popular European beers, greets the thousands of protesters arriving for the #PeoplesVoteMarch at Marble Arch pic.twitter.com/sPlQG1x3UP
“There are far more benefits to staying in,” says Helen Greenwood. “We live in an area in S Wales where the Leave vote was quite high, but not everybody agrees. The EU ploughed money in to create jobs after the Ebbw Vale steelworks closed. Westminster would never do that.” pic.twitter.com/vmOooXbUUS
“There was a vote but I think it was built on media playing on people’s fears,” says Ozzy Moysey, from Leeds, holding a sousaphone. “There was always an attempt to divide. We should have a second vote.” #PeoplesVoteMarch pic.twitter.com/gLMHc9fhBi
. @RCorbettMEP sets out why he believes Boris Johnson opposes a final say on his Brexit deal #PeoplesVoteMarch pic.twitter.com/JpDco9ztvo