The Tánaiste says that theresa_may will probably make a decision tomorrow about whether to call a third vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement |
Cabinet ministers said another vote on the deal would not be held unless the Prime Minister was confident of overturning last week's overwhelming defeat.
She said that if MPs did not back her deal before Thursday's European Council summit "we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever". Mr Hammond told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "We will only bring the deal back if we are confident that enough of our colleagues and the DUP are prepared to support it so that we can get it through Parliament.He said a "significant number" of MPs had changed their minds because the alternatives to Mrs May's deal were "so unpalatable" to them, but he acknowledged it remained a "work in progress" to secure enough votes.
He added: "If we had an extension with no agreement and this was just kicking into the long grass with the chance that Brexit might not happen at all, that would be very, very hard for most people to swallow." Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski has also acknowledged that the Prime Minister's deal was now the "only game in town".
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