Brexit Deal Vote on Tuesday

[thornebt]

Thank you for a very comprehensive reply Javert.

[Javert]

I guess you are the same poster from the old forum so I paste in my reply below...



The vote on Tuesday was not a "meaningful" vote about the general principle of the overall deal. It was a vote specifically on one of the pieces of legislation needed to withdraw from the EU i.e. the legal act itself.



The meaningful vote was in some ways always a bit of a misnomer, because if they passed the meaningful vote, but then later on did not pass the actual legal legislation required to enact it, there would be no deal.



You could say the meaningful vote is a political vote without legal force, whilst the vote on Tuesday is a vote on actual drafted legislation.  In other words a cynic might say that a meaningful vote actually means the opposite, as it has no legal force only a moral or political force.

[Barry]

Hi thornebt, I think the reason no-one has come to answer this question is because we are as perplexed as you are. It must have been something in Bercow's Commons Coffee cup which made him a bit awkward on Monday.

[cromwell]

Hi and welcome to the forum,good to have you aboard

[thornebt]

It's a simple question I have. John Burcow would not allow the Brexit Deal vote on Monday as it was repetitive and disorderly. He said the vote could not take place in the same session of Parliament. They then had the vote on the following day. What was it that changed and made it OK to hold the vote on Tuesday? Cheers. Bruce.