All options are now up for grabs in a crucial Wednesday vote, including another Brexit referendum or even just calling the whole thing off.
The 30 Conservative defectors who defied the party whip to vote for the motion included three ministers, who resigned in order to do so.
He said he resigned so he could do everything possible to prevent a no-deal Brexit which, he said was being championed by “a small minority of the Conservative Party and a small minority of the country”.“The failure to secure a deal and to rule out a hard Brexit is resulting in cancelled investment decisions, business being placed abroad and a sense of ridicule for British business across the world,” he said.
“No government could give a blank cheque to commit to an outcome without knowing what it is,” she said, as the result could be “unnegotiable” with the European Union. However if one of the options on Wednesday emerges with a clear majority, the government could be powerless to oppose it without calling an election.
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