Martin Whitfield
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Exiting the European Union
Martin Whitfield Excerpts(5 years, 4 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
The no-deal preparations will continue, as I said earlier in my statement.
Martin Whitfield (East Lothian) (Lab)
Donald Tusk has just tweeted that he “will not renegotiate” anything, “including the backstop”, but will discuss how the UK can facilitate ratification. Given that a no deal would be a disaster and the article 50 ruling this morning stated that we could revoke it, is it not in the Government’s power, if we reach a point where we risk no deal, to revoke article 50?
The Prime Minister
Revoking article 50 means staying in the European Union. That was not what people voted for in 2016.