MPs have rejected all alternative Brexit options put forward in indicative votes as one Tory MP quit seconds after results were announced claiming the party “refuses to compromise”.
The Commons turned down options to pursue a Common Market solution, a second referendum and the revocation of Article 50. A Customs Union proposed by Ken Clarke was rejected by just three votes.
Moments after the vote took place, Tory MP Nick Boles resigned the party whip claiming his colleagues “refuse to compromise”. His Common Market 2.0 proposal had been defeated 261 votes to 282, with 228 Conservatives voting against.
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'If parliament is... voting in favour of a softer Brexit, then I don’t think it’s sustainable to ignore parliament’s position'Rejecting the often-repeated claim EU withdrawal is the "will of the people", it calls for the revocation of the Article 50 letter informing the European Council of the UK's intention to leave.
The letter can be withdrawn by the UK unilaterally, without the need for EU agreement, leaving Britain free to continue as a member on its current terms.
The petition quickly passed the 100,000-signature threshold needed for it to be debated in parliament, with the official committee revealing nearly 2,000 signatures were being completed every minute at one point.
A 2016 petition calling for a second EU referendum should the winning vote and turnout not reach a certain threshold had been the most signed petition, at almost 4.2 million.
The Revoke Article 50 petition also passed another proposal which sought to prevent Donald Trump from making a state visit to the UK, which had 1.9 million sign-ups.
Julian Smith was also strongly critical of a lack of discipline among senior ministers, the broadcaster said.
He said he had seen ministers "sitting around the cabinet table... trying to destabilise her [May]."
The party's Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson told the BBC: "The implications for Northern Ireland are far, far too serious.
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European Commission chief says he wants parliament to make clear ‘which way they want to follow now’"If you look at the parliamentary arithmetic now, it's not clear that something like a customs union actually commands support - in fact, the prime minister's deal got more votes than a customs union got, it got more votes than Common Market 2.0 got."So it's not clear to me that going softer is the way to command support. There have already been indicative votes and the customs union has failed to pass muster on several occasions already."
Tory chief whip attacks cabinet ministers for 'worst example of discipline in British political history'
Julian Smith also suggests softer Brexit was inevitable after PM gambled away Tories' majority at 2017 snap electionHe indicated the younger generation of contenders - which includes Dominic Raab, Liz Truss and Matt Hancock - should wait until after the next general election due to take place in 2022.
"The next two or three years are going to be very tough because the European stuff is not going to go away," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"We have got to negotiate a free trade agreement, sort out where we are, but also as we get into the 2020s, we are going to have to pass the torch to a new generation.
"Is the person who takes us through the next two or three years and sorts out Brexit and gets the sort of hard time that Theresa has had, the same person who we want to be leading us into the 2027 general election?"
Motion A - John Baron (Conservative ) - Seeks to amend the withdrawal agreement to give the UK a unilateral right to exit the controversial Northern Ireland backstop.
Motion B - John Baron (Conservative) - Calls for a no-deal Brexit on 12 April if no Withdrawal Agreement can be agreed by the Commons.
Motion C - Ken Clarke (Conservative) - Requires any Brexit deal to include a commitment to negotiate a "permanent and comprehensive UK-wide customs union with the EU".
Motion D - Nick Boles (Conservative) - Would see the UK remain in the single market and negotiate a "comprehensive customs arrangement" until a wider trade deal could be agreed. Dubbed "Common Market 2.0."
Motion E - Peter Kyle (Labour) - Says any Brexit deal approved by the Commons should be put to a confirmatory referendum.
Motion F - Graham Jones (Labour) - Would requires a public referendum to be held on whether to leave the EU without a deal.
Motion G - Joanna Cherry (SNP) - Says the government must give MPs a vote on whether to opt for no-deal if no withdrawal agreement can be agreed. If this is voted down, ministers would have to revoke Article 50.
Motion H - George Eustice (Conservative) - Would see the UK remain in the single market but not a customs union.
He told LBC:
"My concern is that the prime minister is more concerned to avoid a no-deal Brexit than anything else."And therefore I am very concerned that she could decide to go for a customs union tacked onto her deal."
"Brexit is a big shitshow - I say that now very undiplomatically.I don’t know if William Shakespeare could have come up with such a tragedy, but who will foot the bill?"
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Parts of AfD have been put under state surveillance in Germany for neo-Nazi links"I still get upset seeing that - sorry.It brings back memories. I'm not saying it was a hard thing to say publicly, because that's my job - I have to be strong and I have to say things that need saying, but you compromise your own private space by doing that."
"From the overwhelming support that I received from women and men right across the UK, particularly in Northern Ireland, which of course is what the debate was centred around, it was absolutely the right thing because it gave then a fighting chance."
In a video for the Hope Not Hate campaign group, he said:
"The Labour Party has always had a long, proud and noble tradition of standing up against all forms of prejudice and racism."But in the last few years it has let the Jewish community down."They should never have allowed legitimate criticism of the current Israeli government to act as a cover for the demonisation of the entire Jewish people."
He added:
"The message to the Jewish community should be clear and unequivocal: 'You will never walk alone and we will never walk on by on the other side. We must never tolerate intolerance.'
"Solidarity means standing up with those who are under attack and that is why I am joining as an affiliated member. I urge all my colleagues to do the same.
"Tackling antisemitism and racism and fighting for equality is not a diversion nor a distraction from our purpose as party - it is our purpose as a party.
"We will never allow evil to triumph over good and neither will the British people."
"I'm not supporting the AfD, but this is a speech made in the Bundestag of real importance because it shows a German view of Brexit.
"And it is saying to the Germans, 'Look, you're paying for this, you're going to pay more for this' and Angela Merkel has tied herself up in knots with the French to the disadvantage of the Germans.
"And I think it's important people know that this is a strand of German political thinking.
"I don't think retweeting is an endorsement of things that other people stand for - it's just pointing out that there's something interesting that is worth watching."
Public splits between rival cabinet ministers had deepened earlier in the day ahead of the key votes.
Tory chief whip Julian Smith said the government should have accepted earlier that it would “inevitably” need to settle on a softer Brexit, but Liz Truss, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said such an outcome would be “incredibly problematic”.
Mr Smith also hit out at his cabinet colleagues, saying they were the “worst example of ill-discipline in cabinet in British political history”.
