Nigel Dodds says DUP will give its support to the Malthouse compromise plan A
Mr Dodds on Twitter posted a picture of the "Malthouse compromise plan A", which would replace the Irish backstop with an arrangement based around a zero-tariff free trade agreement and said "we will be supporting this way forward in the vote later today." — Nigel Dodds March 27, 2019 Mrs May will face calls to name the date of her departure from Conservative MPs ahead of a set of votes to alter the direction of Brexit.
The agreement, and a political declaration on future EU/UK relations, must be passed by Friday if the UK is to benefit from an automatic delay in the date of Brexit to 22 May.Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson hinted he might be ready to swing behind Mrs May's deal, telling an audience of Daily Telegraph readers: "If we vote it down again, for the third time, there is now, I think, an appreciable risk that we will not leave at all.
Conservative MP Nigel Evans, a joint executive secretary of the 1922 Committee, made an open call for Mrs May to "give the timetable for her departure" at the meeting. Labour has tabled its alternative Brexit plan - featuring a permanent customs union with a UK say on trade deals and close alignment with the single market - as one of the indicative vote options.
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