More than half a dozen Cabinet ministers are pushing for Parliament to vote on ‘options’ for how to proceed if Theresa May’s deal fails.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the possibilities that could be considered:<\/p>\n
NORWAY PLUS<\/span><\/p>\n MPs from across parties have been mooting the idea of a Norway model.<\/p>\n It would effectively keep the UK in the single market, with a customs bolt-on to avoid a hard Irish border, and backers say it would keep Britain close to the EU while cutting contributions to Brussels.<\/p>\n However, critics say it has the drawbacks of keeping free movement, – and tightly limiting the possibilities for doing trade deals elsewhere.<\/p>\n The EU is also thought to have concerns about a country the UK’s size joining the EEA, while other states in the group might be resistant.<\/p>\n SECOND REFERENDUM<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n The so-called ‘People’s Vote’ campaign has been pushing hard for another national vote, with cross-party backing.<\/p>\n MPs would almost certainly want to be asked to back the idea in principle.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Article 50 process would probably need to be extended to facilitate a referendum, but the EU seems open to that possibility.<\/p>\n However, the biggest problem is likely to be that even if the Commons can agree on holding a vote, they will be be completely split over the question.<\/p>\n Some want it to be a rerun of 2016 with Remain v Leave. Others say it should be May’s deal against no deal.<\/p>\n There are also those who support two rounds of voting, or multiple choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n CANADA PLUS<\/span><\/p>\n Brexiteers have been demanding the UK takes a different approach this time, seeking a looser Canada-style arrangement with the EU.\u00a0<\/p>\n The arrangement they want would be a relatively clean break from the EU, with the ability to strike trade agreements elsewhere.<\/p>\n But it would fall far short of the low-friction access urged by Labour and large numbers of Tories.\u00a0<\/p>\n MANAGED NO DEAL<\/span><\/p>\n Brexiteers have been floating a ‘managed’ no deal which could feature in the votes.<\/p>\n It would involve the UK offering the EU billions of pounds to secure a transition period, even if there is no wider deal.<\/p>\n However, there is little sign that the EU is ready to agree.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More than half a dozen Cabinet ministers are pushing for Parliament to vote on ‘options’ for how to proceed if Theresa May’s deal fails. Here are some of the possibilities that could be considered: NORWAY PLUS MPs from across parties have been mooting the idea of a Norway model. It would effectively keep the UK Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}