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The Government faced Cabinet rebellions and ministerial resignations after changing its mind last minute on a no deal motion.
Greg Clark is one of a clutch of senior ministers expected to return to the backbenches if Boris Johnson takes power.
The plan requires the Government to give fortnightly updates on power-sharing which makes it difficult to suspend Parliament.
Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke’s customs union plan is expected to be voted on.
The booming baritones of Cox and Bercow bookended a busy week in Westminster, Brussels and Dublin (with a bit of Washington DC in there too). It saw the sinking of MV2, the vote against no-deal and a UK Government whipping against its own motion.
Commons Speaker Bercow said 'No' to Meaningful Vote 3, the EU said No to a June 30th Brexit deadline extension, the UK Prime Minister now has to find enough British MP's to say 'Yes'.
Boris Johnson stands accused of lying to the Queen amid calls for him to go. John Bercow, one of the most colourful protagonists of the Brexit drama, is to quit as Speaker of the House of Commons.
A Brexit supported businessman who bombarded MPs with a string of ‘vile’ emails including death threats has been jailed for a year.
Surprise announcement comes before parliament is suspended later this evening.
Scotland's highest court is to consider whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fully complied with a law requiring him to ask for a Brexit delay.
Defying MPs over Article 50 extension likened to 'robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards'.
When I worked on the Vote Leave campaign we all thought getting a deal would be much simpler. But now the fundamentalists are pretending the fault lies anywhere but with them.
The SNP’s Westminister leader Ian Blackford refused to back down after calling Boris Johnson “racist”, which caused uproar during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday.
A man accused of sending “horrifically offensive” death threats to senior MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow over Brexit has appeared in court for the first time today.
Speaker rules it would be ‘repetitive and disorderly’ for MPs to vote again on deal.
Commons speaker says "no force on earth is going to stop parliament" during event at New York University.
A clip of John Bercow mocking Dominic Raab over his predictions about the UK securing a strong trade deal with the US after Brexit has resurfaced now that Johnson and Biden have failed to strike one.
The Speaker of the House, John Bercow, says ending the current session of Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is "simply not going to happen".
"That's simply not going to happen. It's just so blindingly obvious" Commons Speaker John Bercow rejects the suggestion a future PM could try to end the current session of Parliament in order to push through a no-deal #Brexit.
Speaker says PM cannot bring back deal to parliament without substantial changes.
John Bercow has insisted MPs will have their say over whether the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October. / The Speaker dismissed claims from some Brexiteers that because a no-deal exit is the default position in law, it will "inevitably" happen if no agreement is reached by then with Brussels.
Speaker John Bercow welcomed a ruling by the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament was unlawful.
John Bercow has insisted he will fight any attempt to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit with every breath in his body. / The Speaker of the House of Commons insisted: “We cannot have a situation in which parliament is shut down.”
Commons Speaker wades into Tory leadership race, warns MPs are not bound by previous decisions. / John Bercow has warned Boris Johnson and other Tory leadership contenders that parliament has the power to block a no-deal Brexit. The Commons Speaker said that while the UK was legally set to quit the EU on October 31, in practice the “interplay of different political forces” would be more important.
Former Speaker tells foreign media UK is better off as part of EU power bloc.
The Conservative Party will put forward a candidate in the Buckingham seat of John Bercow in the next general election, breaking with a long-held convention not to contest the seat of the Speaker of the house.
Commons Speaker issues direct challenge to ministers threatening to ignore legislation.
A group of politicians has started a legal action aimed at preventing Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.
A legal challenge to try to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is to get under way later.
A self-confessed “angry man” who threatened to decapitate former Speaker John Bercow and said Jeremy Corbyn “should be hung” in a five-month tirade of abuse over Brexit is facing jail.
Any attempt to shut down parliament to force through a no-deal exit from the EU could kill off Brexit completely, Tory leadership hopeful Matt Hancock has warned.
Warning for Boris Johnson amid growing expectation Speaker Bercow will help MPs. / Michael Gove has warned Boris Johnson that parliament should be given a veto over a no-deal Brexit.
Amendment to cut off funding to vital departments if UK crashes out of EU without an agreement - to make the policy untenable - not picked
MPs will vote today on whether to give the public a fresh referendum on Brexit after John Bercow selected an amendment that could lead to a Final Say vote. It will be the first time the Commons has held a formal vote on the issue of another referendum.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott return to analyse another ridiculous week of Brexit mayhem. The team try to make sense of another blockbuster few days and Geri profiles speaker John Bercow after his Brexit bombshell. And, of course, another Brexiteer of the Week is crowned.
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
The content of Theresa May's defeats over the last couple of days isn't particularly meaningful, but the fact they happened at all suggests that parliament's guerrilla war against the government has started. And it seems to be winning.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend Parliament for more than a month before Brexit, enraging opponents and raising the stakes in the country's most serious political crisis in decades.
With Brexit literally hours away, we convene Leaver-turned-Article-50-Revoker ROLAND SMITH and law and policy expert DAVID ALLEN GREEN to stare into the abyss. / May blames Parliament... / Why John Bercow’s Eskine Mayhem isn’t a constitutional crisis... / David discusses the Meaningful Vote in terms of Thanos’s Infinity Stones. The fooling of Arron Banks. Chained to a radiator with Seumas Milne.
The speaker of Britain’s House of Commons dealt a potentially fatal blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s ailing Brexit deal on Monday, saying the government couldn’t keep asking lawmakers to vote on the same deal they have already rejected twice.
'None of you is a traitor. All of you are doing your best'. / Speaker John Bercow gave a passionate speech in the Commons on Thursday defending the rights of MPs after one Labour member accused Theresa May of “pitching” them against the public.
Speakers past and present have criticised Brexiteer Dominic Raab's suggestion that he could prorogue parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs if he becomes prime minister.
MPs told a further ‘meaningful vote’ will be ruled out of order if the motion is 'the same or substantially the same’
Theresa May will be obliged to present MPs with a new Brexit plan within three days if her current proposal is voted down next week, after a procedural amendment to the plan’s progress through the Commons was passed amid chaotic scenes.
Theresa May has been defeated on Brexit by rebel Tory MPs joining forces with Labour and other opposition parties for a second time in two days. But, on a confusing day in parliament, even seasoned Westminster watchers were struggling to follow.
MPs tried to hold down the Speaker to stop him from leaving his seat and walking into the House of Lords.

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