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Kate Lyons

'Stuck in the muddle with EU': what the papers say about MPs taking control of Brexit

Front pages of the UK papers on 26 March, 2019
Front pages of the UK papers on 26 March, 2019. Composite: Various

Another day, another series of front pages dedicated to Brexit.

The Sun has revelations that the prime minister will consider resigning in exchange for MPs passing her Brexit deal, under the slightly nauseating and nonsensical headline: “Back me and sack me”.

The Mail asks a question that will send chills through the politically fatigued populace: “Is Britain plunging into yet another election?” The paper says May “appeared to hint an election might be needed to break the deadlock”. I think Brenda from Bristol speaks for us all on this issue.

Many of the papers have variations on a theme, with headlines saying MPs have voted to “take” or “seize” control of Brexit.

The Guardian’s splash is: “Beleaguered May fights to keep control of Brexit”. The paper says “Britain lurched deeper in Brexit paralysis yesterday as Theresa May pulled plans for a third vote on her controversial deal – but insisted she would not hand parliament a ‘blank cheque’ to decide what happens next.”

You could be fooled into thinking the Telegraph has been renamed the “Turnip Toffs”, given the prominent billing they’ve given to a story about the “Norfolk crew” of young aristocracy – with a headline bigger than their own masthead – but, alas, it hasn’t.

After its dramatic “Let my people go” headline from yesterday, the paper is playing things remarkably straight today, with “MPs vote to take control”. The paper says that parliament has left May “powerless” and characterised the vote that passed in the House yesterday as a “plot to seize agenda on deciding path for Brexit”.

The Times focuses on the three ministers who quit the cabinet to vote against the motion, in what the paper calls “to give MPs the power to tear up Theresa May’s deal”.

The i’s splash is “Commons takes control of Brexit”, with the paper calling the vote “yet another humiliation” for the PM and cites senior cabinet ministers who “admit general election could be the only way out of impasse”.

The FT – “Commons seizes control from May with vote to explore Brexit options” – focuses on the various avenues that the country could pursue now, saying May had “admitted Britain could be heading for a ‘slow Brexit’”, after “changing tack and appearing to rule out a no-deal exit”.

The Metro also carries May’s warnings that the only options were her deal, no deal or a “slow Brexit” but has a lot more fun with the news, saying it would mean the country was “Stuck in the muddle with EU”, which is a magnificent attempt to find some lightness in this mess.

The Express is furious, saying of “Remainer MPs” that “They’ve now stolen what’s left of Brexit”. The paper suspects undemocratic plans are afoot, saying the vote to “seize control of the parliamentary agenda” is a “bid to thwart referendum result”.

The Mirror steers clear of Brexit yet again, relegating it to a small box on the front (“Clueless May loses control of Brexit deal”) and instead leading on “Energy giants stash £900m of your money”.

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