Brexit news: Theresa May tells MPs to ‘get on with it’ as she turns up pressure on parliament to force through deal
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has risked the anger of MPs after she blamed them for forcing her to ask the EU for a "short delay" to Brexit.
In a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, the prime minister asked for a three-month extension to Article 50 negotiation process, pushing the scheduled date to leave the EU from 29 March to 30 June.
However Mr Tusk put his foot down, saying he would grant the delay but only if MPs backed Ms May's Brexit deal.
Some hours later Ms May used a televised address to accuse the Commons of having tried everything to avoid making a decision on whether it wanted to leave the block with a deal, crash out without one or not leave at all.
From Downing Street she told voters she was "on your side", adding that she believed "You're tired of the infighting, you're tired of the political games and the arcane procedural rows, tired of MPs talking about nothing else but Brexit when you have real concerns about our children's schools, our National Health Service, knife crime."
"You want this stage of the Brexit process to be over and done with. I agree," she said.
In response the PM was accused of being "toxic" and even of risking her colleagues' safety.
It meant that Ms May must now find a way of putting her deal before parliament for the third time, with no clear evidence that MPs will back it after twice voting it down by crushing margins.
If the deal fails again there is a significant chance she could resign, having told MPs earlier in the day she could not be the leader to impose a lengthy delay to Brexit.
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Britain is due to leave the EU in nine days time, with or without a deal, but after MPs voted against a no-deal exit, and also against the exit deal negotiated by Theresa May, the government has requested an extension to the Brexit deadline.
As the European Union mulls whether to grant the extension, a snap poll by YouGov indicates 61 per cent of the population would vote to remain in the EU rather than for Theresa May’s deal (39 per cent) if a referendum offering those options were called.
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PMQs has started. Theresa May begins by condemning the terror attack in Christchurch and sending her condolences to those killed. She also pays tribute to those killed in Utrecht, Stanwell and those who died in the cyclone in Mozambique.
She says she has had meetings with colleagues this morning.
SNP's Pete Wishart asks the PM when she will develop a backbone and stand up to the Brexiteers? He calls her 'weak, weak, weak'.
Theresa May says she has written to president Tusk and copies of the letter will be placed in the Commons for MPs to read. She says she has asked for a delay until June 30 - and insists she will not delay Brexit any later.
Jeremy Corbyn also pays tribute to those killed in Christchurch and says it reminds everyone that there is "no place for hate". He echoes May's condolences.
He says the PM has no plan and he is meeting other members throughout the day. He says he is going to Brussels tomorrow.
May says it is a bit rich for Corbyn to call for a meeting today, when he has been refusing meetings with her and her ministers.
May and Corbyn are really clashing now. May says the Commons has 'indulged itself on Europe for too long' - prompting huge roars from the MPs.
John Bercow has to intervene to calm the House. She continues, saying the British people deserve better than what MPs have been giving them.
Corbyn hits back at her comments, saying it is disrespectful to suggest it's an indulgence to be diligent on considering Brexit.
The PM says the people voted to deliver Brexit and accuses him of disrespecting democracy by supporting a second referendum.
Corbyn attacks the PM for running down the clock, applying "bullying and blackmail" to get MPs to back her deal. He says the British people are getting frustrated. He asks if she will she give the British people the chance to reject the deal and change the government.
The PM says her deal is the best one - and it keeps the UK safe.
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