{"id":387881,"date":"2018-12-05T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/mps-could-steal-brexit-from-the-people-brexiteer-attempts-counter-attack-after-may-humiliation-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-12-05T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T13:26:07","slug":"mps-could-steal-brexit-from-the-people-brexiteer-attempts-counter-attack-after-may-humiliation-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/mps-could-steal-brexit-from-the-people-brexiteer-attempts-counter-attack-after-may-humiliation-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs could \u2018steal Brexit from the people\u2019 \u2013 Brexiteer attempts counter-attack after May humiliation \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.12\/thumbnail\/5c07b600fc7e93be4a8b456f.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        Liam Fox warned that there is a real danger that parliament will try to \u2018steal Brexit from the people,\u2019 after a triple parliamentary defeat for the government increased the chances of the Brexit process being halted altogether. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The International Trade Secretary combative comments came at a hearing of the the trade committee. Following a question from SNP MP Angus MacNeil over the current state of Brexit, Fox reiterated his support for Theresa May\u2019s deal.<\/p>\n<p>He added:<em> \u201cThere is a real danger that the House of Commons, which is a natural Remain majority, may attempt to steal Brexit from the people which I think will be a democratic afront.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Amid mocking questions from the committee members, Fox came out fighting for May\u2019s deal, <em>\u201cMy view, frankly, is that if you are in prison and someone offers you the key you take it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Despite the government turmoil, the ardent Brexiteer doubled down on his convictions, stating that Brexit<em> \u201cis twice as right now\u201d<\/em> than it was at the 2016 referendum.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvIDqZ7OBAA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Theresa May, partly due to rebellions in her own party and from the DUP, suffered multiple historic parliamentary defeats, in one of the worst days for a sitting Government in living memory:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, May\u2019s government was found to in contempt of parliament for the first time in modern history over their refusal to publish the full legal advice of the Attorney General on the Withdrawal Agreement.<\/li>\n<li>MPs also won the right to have their say in the next step of the process should May\u2019s deal be voted down on December 11 \u2013 effectively removing the option of a no deal Brexit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leader of the House, and ally of May, Andrea Leadsom had a warning for Tory rebels, telling BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today program:<em> \u201cI think any parliamentarian who wants at some point in the future to be in Government is going to live to regret their vote last night.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/445514-brexit-article-50-revoke\/\">READ MORE:\u00a0UK can stop Brexit unilaterally &#8211; EU legal adviser&#8217;s bombshell gives hope to Remainers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tumultuous day in parliament, which began with the EU\u2019s top legal advisers telling the UK it has the power to unilaterally stop the Brexit process, was clearly too much for some former cabinet members. Boris Johnson got in a customary muddle, saying: <em>\u201cWe may be 1-0 down at this stage of the negotiation with the EU but we can still win 2-0.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">quote of the day, shared without comment, is from Boris Johnson: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may be 1-0 down at this stage of the negotiation with the EU but we can still win 2-0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PickardJE\/status\/1070054721996685313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Remainers\u2019 hopes of stopping Brexit or having another referendum were reflected by US banking giant, JP Morgan\u2019s prediction that put the UK\u2019s chances of remaining in the EU at 40 percent, compared to 20 percent previously, citing the opinion of the European Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/subscribe\/\" id=\"subscribe-focus\">Subscribe<\/a> to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won\u2019t tell you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/445625-brexit-fox-eu-stealing\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Fox warned that there is a real danger that parliament will try to \u2018steal Brexit from the people,\u2019 after a triple parliamentary defeat for the government increased the chances of the Brexit process being halted altogether. The International Trade Secretary combative comments came at a hearing of the the trade committee. 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