Brexit: Prime Minister Theresa May cancels critical vote and there is widespread chaos

Brexit: Prime Minister Theresa May cancels critical vote and there is widespread chaos

The House of Commons was the scene of mayhem today after unexpectedly Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she had postponed a vote on the Brexit Deal she had negotiated with the European Union. After  more than 3 hours speaking in the House of Commons the Prime Minister left the debating chamber and it was up to the Leader of the House to try and deal with a barrage coming from all sides questioning what had just happened.

It was reported that Prime Minister Theresa May was on her way to Europe to try and get a helping hand to save whatever is left of the Conservative government. A very sombre mood took over the remaining members of the Cabinet still sitting in the House of Commons that couldn't hide their despair. A Conservative MP compared the British Government to a group of children that had run away and were hiding in the toilets.

Fearing a disastrous defeat in the House of Commons that could have immediately triggered a Motion of No Confidence that could have meant the end of her career as Prime Minister, Theresa May told the House of Commons that she had postponed the vote to try and deal with the issue of the backstop contained as a key part of the deal that practically everybody rejects and it was said that the Prime Minister was on her way to Europe to try and salvage whatever could be salvaged of the deal that has unified Members of Parliament of all political parties against the Conservative Government.

Yesterday, I compared Theresa May to Neville Chamberlain. She was talking about reassurances that would lead everybody to support the deal but she was reminded of the fact that reassurances without legal force would do nothing to change what has been a political disaster of major proportions. Unless the legal text of the deal is modified to get rid of the backstop, the deal would be totally unacceptable for both Brexiteers and Remainers.

She started her Premiership on a winning note but she made a fundamental mistake when she called an early election and lost her Parliamentary majority in the House of Commons forcing her to depend on the support provided by DUP. As if this wasn't enough, she then lied to the DUP and agreed a deal that went against what she had promised to the DUP. Tonight, the negotiators of the European Union hold the key that could either save or sink Prime Minister Theresa May. Smelling blood, the Labour Party went on the attack and now the fate of Britain could be decided by the Courts as voices asking to disallow the call for the implementation of Article 50 grow ever louder. Yesterday, there was the talk about calling a second Referendum on EU Membership. If the Opposition to Brexit manages to block the full implementation of Article 50 everything would back to square one without even having to win a Referendum and the decision made by the British Electorate in 2016 would be de-facto ignored.