Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer came on BBC\u2019s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday to challenge the prime minister to put the topic before MPs and let them have a vote. However, on Monday, Downing Street shut down Sir Keir, saying that a vote to \u201csecond-guess\u201d<\/em> the referendum result, which will see Britain leaving the European Union, \u201cis not an acceptable way forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Read more<\/p>\n A source from No10 told The Times<\/a>: \u201cWhile Labour are looking for ways to stop Brexit we are focused on delivering on the people\u2019s verdict \u2013 and making a success of it. Of course parliament will have a role in the exit process, but this suggestion [of a vote] is simply an attempt to find another way to thwart the will of the British people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The PM is under increasing pressure to let the Brexit discussion go to a vote in the House, with even her own MPs rebelling against May\u2019s seemingly preferred \u201chard Brexit\u201d<\/em> option.<\/p>\n Tory heavyweights such as Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry joined forces with former Labour and Liberal Democrats leaders Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, calling for a Commons vote. Fellow Tory MP and \u2018Leave\u2019 campaigner Stephen Phillips dubbed the lack of discussion about Brexit in Parliament a \u201ctyranny.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Phillips has now been granted permission by Speaker John Bercow to gather the support of MPs for an urgent debate on Brexit this Tuesday. The Sleaford and North Hykeham MP said in a letter to the speaker that bypassing Parliament is \u201csimply not an acceptable way for the executive to proceed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI and many others did not exercise our vote in the referendum so as to restore the sovereignty of this Parliament only to see what we regarded as the tyranny of the European Union replaced by that of a Government that apparently wishes to ignore the views of the House on the most important issue facing the nation,\u201d<\/em> he wrote.<\/p>\n Full letter from, Conservative, Leave backing MP, Stephen Phillips QC likening idea of bypassing PArliament on Brexit deal to “EU tyranny” pic.twitter.com\/334SHiLurb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Defending May\u2019s position was his Tory colleague Philip Davies, who, standing on the right wing of the party, has been arguing for Britain\u2019s withdrawal from the EU for a long time. Commenting on the calls for Brexit to be debated in Parliament, he told the Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0it was \u201ctime for pro-EU fanatics to accept the result of the referendum.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cEd Miliband ought to reflect on the fact that one of the biggest votes to leave the EU came in his Doncaster North constituency. Not only is he spectacularly out of touch with his own constituents, he now wants to treat them with contempt. He clearly wouldn\u2019t recognize a working class voter if he tripped over one and is completely out of touch with the people he is supposed to represent,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n If the Government really wanted to hear from all views and opinions then they’d have a proper debate and vote in Parliament. #Brexit<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n “Brexit means Brexit and parliament should keep its nose out of it.”<\/p>\n This is not a sustainable position.<\/p>\n \u2014 stefanstern (@stefanstern) October 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n While Downing Street conceded that a debate and scrutiny of the process was \u201cabsolutely necessary and the right thing to do,\u201d<\/em> it added that \u201chaving a second vote or a vote to second-guess the will of the British people is not an acceptable way forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The divisions in Westminster come mere days before a group of citizens take the government to High Court over Brexit on Thursday. Claimants such as investment manager Gina Miller and hairdresser Deir Dos Santos argue that the result of a consultative referendum cannot be implemented by a government without the consent of Parliament.<\/p>\n Brexit Secretary David Davis believes Theresa May and her Cabinet alone have the power to bring forward Brexit, and that further discussions would signal that the government cannot \u201cgive effect to the will of the people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A spat has erupted in the corridors of Westminster between Theresa May\u2019s government and MPs from all sides of the House on whether to debate the Brexit negotiations in Parliament. 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