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Today has been quite a learning day for TMay and her Whips.
The primacy of Parliament over the Executive has been triply confirmed.Her Withdrawal Agreement will not be accepted by Parliament.
The EU have said it is the only possible WA, (based upon her Lancaster House speech red-lines), so no finessing allowed.
The Grieve Amendment rules out a 'No Deal' brexit.
Is there another way forward than to check the 'willofthepeople' with a 2nd Referendum?
mespilus
Second referendum: this requires legislation, legislation cannot (I believe) spring forth from parliament like Athena from the skull of Zeus, it needs to be introduced by the government.
Therefore for there to be a second referendum we need the government to introduce the legislation for said referendum.
Now for that to happen the government must want a referendum - something that May has ruled out.
She does, it must be said, have a habit of caving to the EU - but not it must be said to parliament.
I think to get a second referendum we would need a new government, first, and then we'd not have the time for a referendum - or really the need, as the election would essentially be a referendum, if one party came out for remain of course.