Brexit vote: MPs pass amendment to block Boris Johnson from suspending parliament to force through..

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. That's good - I was worried last month when an anti-no deal vote failed

https://www.democraticunderground.com/108816359

Getting a larger-than-expected majority for this is a sign there are plenty of MPs to take this seriously.

The amendment, tabled by a cross-party group led by Labour’s Hilary Benn and the Conservatives’ Alistair Burt, passed by an unexpectedly high margin of 41 votes, with 315 MPs backing it and 274 opposed.

One of those to support the measure was culture, media and sport minister Margot James, who resigned from her post to do so. Philip Hammond, the chancellor, was among a reported series of ministers who abstained, despite a maximum three-line whip.
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The scale of the victory highlights the struggle he will have to impose his will over Brexit, or other subjects, on a Commons without a Tory majority, and where much Conservative internal discipline has broken down.

The Benn-Burt plan beefs up earlier amendments made to an otherwise-technical Northern Ireland bill designed to thwart prorogation, though experts remain split over whether MPs can definitively block this.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/18/mps-pass-amendment-seeking-to-thwart-no-deal-prorogation