Brexit: PM does not rule out second vote if MPs reject deal

The prime minister was interview by the BBC on Friday.

In an interview on Friday, Theresa May said that she was confident in winning the vote on her Brexit deal held on 11 December.

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, the prime minister urged that MPs would back her deal and “deliver on the vote of the referendum”.

Many MPs, including from her own party, have voiced plans to vote against the deal.

When asked what May would do if the deal was rejected in Parliament, she did not rule out another Commons vote on the deal.

“I’m focused on the vote that is taking place on 11 December and I want everybody who’s going to participate, all members of Parliament, to focus on what this vote does.”

Some MPs have shown support for the vote taking place in December. Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said May’s deal had his “full support” as he hopes to avoid a no-deal scenario.

A no-deal scenario has been warned against this week by the Bank of England and Philip Hammond.

Hammond’s Brexit analysis concluded that whilst all possible Brexit scenarios will leave the UK worse off economically, the prime minister’s deal is the best option.

“If you look at this purely from an economic point of view, yes there will be a cost to leaving the European Union because there will be impediments to our trade,” he said earlier this week.

“The deal that will be put to the vote in December will “absolutely minimise those costs.”

The Bank of England was accused of scaremongering after warning that a no-deal scenario could result in a recession worse than the 2008 financial crisis.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney said: “These are scenarios not forecasts. They illustrate what could happen not necessarily what is most likely to happen.”

“Taken together the scenarios highlight that the impact of Brexit will depend on the direction, magnitude and speed of the effect of reduced openness of the UK economy.”

 

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