Looks Like The P M Has It Nailed Already.

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/mps-reveal-whether-they-support-or-oppose-pm-11578536
So the VONC is a complete waste of time.

[Old_Geezer]

She has suggested she won't lead the party into the next election. Wonder if that would encourage the opposition to go for a VONC in the government ? Trouble is, I'd suspect they'd not yet be confident of overturning the Tories and DUP voting for the status quo.

[Ellipsis]

JRM suggests May should go based on winning the vote 200-117.

A much bigger victory than 52-48.

Strange how some small victories are big, and some big victories are small, isn't it?

What an *** he is.

[Ellipsis]

R's

[ichkeria]

Horrible individual. I liked the way Andrew Neil sent him off with a “you’ve got a busy evening’s plotting ahead of you!”

[ichkeria]

Hands up who thought Theresa May was ever going to lead the Tories into the next election?
At the moment they are heading for a spectacular defeat I’d say so I’m not sure that’s a job a sensible person wound want ...

[Kromovaracun]

I did switch on the newd long enough to see JRM looking very flustered indeed. The idea that she should resign now is fanciful.

[Kromovaracun]

*ahem*

The news...

[emmie]

so she won the vote, just as i predicted, some lily livered people out there in Parliament, so Mrs May fights on.

[Jackdaw33]

37% of her own party voted against her - a not insignificant figure. She may stumble on for now but she is mortally wounded.

[emmie]

but she is still there, mortally wounded or not.

[seekeerz]

I can't imagine anyone would wish to take on such a thankless task in her place so why all the three ring circus .....nobody could have handled this debacle any better .....I'd be gunning for David Cameron !!

[emmie]

i too would be gunning for Cameron, but he is dead in the water. Now what for Mrs May and her deal?

[dannyk13]

Emmie, she won't get it through the commons.The EU will not change anything in her deal.

[BANANASPLITS]

Been saying that all along seekeerz all these tory Mps saying shes gotta go i dont see one of them standing up saying I'll take control...gutless the lot of them!

[emmie]

maybe she won't, but what happens then.

[BagPussAA]

I think its brilliant that she triumphed over the VONC. She can now get on with what she needs to do.. steer the country through Brexit.

[dannyk13]

Emmie, who knows?

[dannyk13]

Banana split, candidates for the leadership require at least two nominations so there would be no point in putting themselves forward.

[emmie]

bagpuss
but no one wants this deal, its a bad one and not fit for purpose.

[jim360]

At about this point, might not Brexiteers on this site themselves also want a second referendum? It may become your only chance to kill the deal on offer, after all.

I would imagine that such a referendum only really makes sense if there are both "Remain" and "Leave with No Deal" on offer also, but if it's a three-way vote then I would expect Remain to win even with a minority as Leavers are split. So I'd propose a two-stage referendum, where Stage 1 is "Do you accept or reject the Withdrawal Agreement?" and Stage 2 is "Having rejected the Withdrawal Agreement, do you want to Remain in or Leave the EU ?"

Or words to that effect.