The Speaker of the House of Commons breaks with precedent and the result is a huge defeat for the UK government!
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This afternoon the House of Commons voted by 308 votes to 297, to impose a three day deadline on the PM to come back to the House with a plan B, should her deal be rejected in the so-called meaningful vote next Tuesday evening.
This short deadline came about as a result of an amendment I talked about this morning, put forward by Tory MP and former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, to the government business motion that dictates how the actual debate on the Withdrawal Agreement would be conducted.
It is unheard of for the Speaker to allow such a government business motion to be amended in such a manner. But the current Speaker, John Bercow, allowed the amendment through to be put before MPs to vote on, which is unprecedented.
Not only that, there appear to be worries amongst MPs that the Speaker acted against the advice of his own clerks. He was constantly questioned via points of order on this issue, but maintained that he had properly 'consulted' with the right people but that he would not divulge what he was advised or whether it conflicted with his actions, nor he said would he publish any such advice.
Before the vote was taken the Speaker, looking very heated and red, faced a huge deluge of these points of order by Leave and government MPs calling his decision into question and also Remain MPs supporting his judgement and almost dancing in their seats with pleasure at the thought of further hemming the government in.
The Speaker seem..