The break up of the Union

Quote: sally cinnamon "Well surely thats the idea of having elected representatives from different areas of the country.

If there are aspects of a deal which could disproportionately affect areas in the north or midlands, where they have just elected Conservative MPs, why should those MPs not be able to scrutinise and use their own influence on the government to fight for their constituents?

In the EU all member states and the European Parliament will have the chance to scrutinise a deal with the UK, and in the US any deal with the UK would go before Congress, and you can be sure there will be some horsetrading to get certain members from certain states on board because of issues/industries that are important in their state. So why should the British regions not get the same representation?

If it isn't scrutinised then basically you are just putting your trust in the first deal that the civil servants in Whitehall come up with, and see it get rammed through Parliament unchallenged.'"

So every Labour MP regardless of which part of the country they represent - thought it was in the interest of their voters to vote against the Brexit bill - come on you are a bright bloke - it had nothing to do with scrutiny just a means of working the Tories over - they paid a very heavy price for these hi-jinx

What you can't do is take away one of the major negotiating tools i.e. no deal - this is what the likes of Letwin, Grieve, Gauke, Starmer, McDonald did.

The EU council will decide what to accept and they have already given authority to Barnier so he will know what he can offer and what is off limits. There has to be some privacy during negotiations otherwise the likes of Sturgeon and Starmer will attempt to ruin the deal for their own party gain.