According to pre-released text, UK Prime Minister Theresa May will urged parliament today not to “break faith” with the British people with another referendum. She will also warned that “Another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics, because it would say to millions who trusted in democracy, that our democracy does not deliver. Another vote which would likely leave us no further forward than the last”
Separately, Trade Minister said in a BBC show that “it is very clear that the EU understand what the problem is. And it’s a question now, without unpicking the whole of the withdrawal agreement, can we find a mechanism of operating the backstop in a way that actually removes those anxieties”. He added that “It will happen over Christmas, it’s not going to happen this week, it’s not going to be quick, it will happen some time in the New Year.”
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney told RTE television that “If there is an entirely new proposal coming from the UK, I think undoubtedly it would need a lot more time to be considered on the EU side and that would probably involve an extension of Article 50 or pulling Article 50 for the moment.”
