As MPs prepare to return to Westminster following the Christmas recess, the Prime Minister has given her first TV interview of the new year. With the deadline for Brexit fast approaching, Theresa May again put the case for her Brexit deal, on which she postponed a crucial Commons vote in December. Andrew Marr asked her if this time, the vote would definitely be going ahead:
TM: Yes we are going to hold the vote… The debate will start next week and it will carry on until the following week, but we will be holding the vote.
AM: We’re talking about the 15th or 14th?
TM: That sort of timing, yes.
However, when Marr asked if she would invite the Commons to vote for her deal again if it was rejected first time round, May was non-committal. She told Marr that ‘the deal is on the table’, and that ‘if the deal is not voted on… then actually we’re going to be in unchartered territory’.
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