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johnnymundano · 6 years ago

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Hamlet (1969)

Directed by Tony Richardson

Written by William Shakespeare with an assist from Tony Richardson

Music by Patrick Gowers

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Running Time: 117 mins

CAST

Nicol Williamson as Hamlet

Judy Parfitt as Gertrude

Anthony Hopkins as Claudius

Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia

Mark Dignam as Polonius

Michael Pennington as Laertes

Gordon Jackson as Horatio

Ben Aris as Rosencrantz

Clive Graham as Guildenstern

Peter Gale as Osric

Roger Livesey as First Player / Gravedigger

John J. Carney as Player King (as John Carney)

Richard Everett as Player Queen

Robin Chadwick as Francisco

Ian Collier as Priest

Michael Elphick as Captain

David Griffith as Messenger (as Mark Griffith)

Anjelica Huston as Court Lady

Bill Jarvis as Courtier

Roger Lloyd Pack as Reynaldo (as Roger Lloyd-Pack)

John Railton as 1st Sailor

John Trenaman as Barnardo

Jennifer Tudor as Court lady

(All images taken from the Internet. Sorry about that.)

Like many English I have happily accepted every plaudit thrown at the work of William Shakespeare as though I myself had a hand in writing it, while never actually bothering to expose myself to any of it, outside of school anyway. It’s all a bit too much like hard work, you know, got other things to do. This nose won’t pick itself. But in the interests of satiating a mid-life crisis hunger for self-improvement I girded my withered loins and prepared to chuck myself unto the breech of the Bard of Avon’s oeuvre. Being a hesitant creature by nature, I decided to afford myself of the water wings provided by onscreen Shakespeare performed by actors I like. I really like Nicol Williamson (Excalibur (1981), The Reckoning (1969), The Seven Per-Cent Solution (1976) etc) So, here we are then with someone (moi) who is far too late to the party rocking up to tell you about Nicol Williamson’s Hamlet (1969). It’s actually Tony Richardson’s Hamlet starring Nicol Williamson, but in the theatre (darling) to get bums on seats the star gets top billing. In movies this would result in Mark Hamill’s Star Wars, so they don’t do that. And I can see their point because although I know who both Tony Richardson and Nicol Williamson are, I did only come for Nicol Williamson.

No offense to Tony Richardson, mind. Prior to Hamlet he had directed many movies including the cinematic landmarks (deep breath, now) Look Back in Anger (1959), The Entertainer (1960), A Taste of Honey (1961), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Tom Jones (1963) and The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968). (phew!) Other movies exist in between those, but those are the career makers; most people get one career maker, Richardson had a fistful. Back then though, people obviously had a lot of time on their hands for as well as being a movie director, Richardson co-founded the influential English Stage Company and directed Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. Crucially though, he also found time to co-found Woodfall Film Productions. Hamlet is of course written by Shakespeare and this movie is a Woodfall Films production. So a Hamlet movie is well within Richardson’s comfort zone. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t hard work and it doesn’t mean that the fact it works should be taken for granted. Nothing should ever be taken for granted in the world of film. After all Ridley Scott directed Alien (1979) but Ridley Scott also directed Prometheus (2012). And Alien: Covenant (2017). (Could someone please take the Alien franchise off Ridley Scott? Thanks awfully.)

Basically, Hamlet is a good film, well, actually it’s more precisely a really good filmed performance of Hamlet rather than a good film. It’s pretty obvious the budget was what a generous person might term, um, constrained. There’s a lot of stone arches in heavy shadow standing in for Elsinore castle. A lot. Other than this, uh, minimalism it's a pretty meat and potatoes production; with just a soupçon of suggested incest between Ophelia and Laertes and emphasis on generational conflict to add some '60s spice. It's basically Hamlet as written; it's not set on a Glasgow sink estate or in a cupboard in Hitler's bunker. Fret not though, Richardson knows what he’s doing, because the big difference between a performance of Hamlet and a filmed performance of Hamlet is you can get right in there with the camera. And that’s cheap as chips, whereas building Elsinore castle and showing the ghost are not an option. Brilliantly and counter intuitively Richardson takes the opportunity of filming Shakespeare to go not large, not cinematically widescreen in scope, but instead to go small.

Yes! Nicol Williamson can look you right in the eye as he moodily wonders whether he should off himself. No matter how much your seat cost in the theatre you can’t get that. And every seat in the cinema (or your house) costs the same, so it’s also a great leveller; everyone gets the same view. A ruddy good view at that. You can practically see the pleased gleam in the actors’ eyes as they launch into some riff that has (quite rightly) become part of the linguistic furniture of the world entire. “Oh, sure, you know this one” they seem to say “but you’ve never had it spoken directly to you, and for you alone. Tuck in! fill your boots” Imagine Elvis singing Suspicious Minds to you and you alone. Imagine is all you can do, because he died on the toilet in 1977. But you can actually have Nicol Wiliamson look you in the face and do that one about slings and arrows, even though he died in 2011 of oesophageal cancer.

But Hamlet isn’t just a one-hander, people other than Nicol Williamson are in it. And as fierily magnificent as Nicol Williamson certainly is as the truculent vengeance seeker, everyone else is great. Because, I imagine, if Tony Richardson says he’s filming Hamlet only a berk would turn him down. For there are no berks in sight in this one. One of the fun things about watching old movies of Shakespeare plays turns out to be the familiar delights secreted within the cast. Gordon Jackson, mostly familiar to me as CI5’s George Cowley in TV’s The Professionals (1977-1983) is here as Horatio, Roger Lloyd-Pack AKA Trigger from Only Fools and Horses is here as Reynaldo, Marianne Faithful is, much to my surprise here as Ophelia, and to my even greater surprise, she’s really very, very good (which will teach me to be so presumptuous), Michael Elphick of Boon (1986-1992) pops up and, hey nonny no, who is this playing Claudius, the King usurping uncle? Why, ‘tis none other than Anthony Hopkins, who has been in a couple of things I can’t quite recall right now.

Basically there isn’t a single face onscreen who doesn’t know what they are doing. And that’s why it works as an excellent introduction to Shakespeare. They know what they are doing so while you may not catch all the language (it being somewhat less than modern) you will always catch the gist and the intent of the speech. I’d bet you’d be very surprised by how much you do actually get; you should give yourself more credit. This Shakespeare stuff was never meant for just the toffs, it was meant for you and me; people who want to wind down after work. Don’t let the buggers keep all the good stuff to themselves, yeah?

Now, obviously, the preceding was a) awful and b) not a review of Hamlet itself. I’m not entirely sure who would possess the temerity to critique Shakespeare’s Hamlet (“Shakespeare’s foreshadowing is far too blunt and the whole exercise in adolescent angst is in dire need of a car chase or some boobs to lighten things up.”) What I am saying is, if you feel the need to attempt Shakespeare then you could hardly be in better hands than those of Nicol Williamson, Tony Richardson and ITV’s Boon. Go on, give Hamlet a go. It’s what Old Bill would have wanted.

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rabbittstewcomics · 5 years ago

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Episode 233

Comics Reviews:

Incredibles 2: Slow Burn by Christos Gage, Jean-Claudio Vinci, Dan Jackson

Legends of Korra: Ruins of the Empire part 3 by Michael Dante DiMartino, Michelle Wong, Killian Ng, Adele Matera

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Marcus Tavernier a target for Watford as Burnley make a move for Dael Fry

] Peterborough has signed the Mo Eisa record from Bristol City completed

James Tavernier could move to the newly promoted Asston Villa of Rangers

Simon Jones for MailOnline

Posted: 17:21 BST, June 1, 2019 | Watford show an interest in Middlesbrough winger Marcus Tavernier.

on Saturday at the Toulon tournament but had a difficult season under Tony Pulis in Middlesbrough

Pulis admitted that he wished he had given Tavernier more playing time and given him a game time had a bright future before he left Middlesbrough himself last month.

Young winger Middlesbrough Marcus Tavernier has turned up as a target for Watford

Middlesbrough wants to keep Tavernier

Young winger Middlesbrough Marcus Tavernier has turned up as a target for Watford I don't know what to do.

Meanwhile, Burnley has shown an interest in Middlesbrough defender Dael Fry, 21.

Meanwhile, Burnley has expressed an interest in Middlesbrough to defend Dael Fry,

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Defender Dael Fry (left) would protect summer stop from Middlesbrough to Burnley

Peterborough United signed striker Mo Eisa from Bristol City for a club record for more than £ 1.5 million.

The 24- birthday boy, who only played for the Robins six times in 2018-19 did you agree to a vi deal there year. & # 39; He is fast, technically fantastic and has the capacity to improve with us, & # 39; Peterborough Chairman Darragh MacAnthony

Bristol City is enthusiastic about Barnsley & 26-year-old striker Kieffer Moore who trained with the Wales squad

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The 27-year-old, who scored 17 goals last season, also scored a goal for Rangers captain James Tavernier. Brighton and West Brom Villa wanted to strengthen their full-back options with target James Justin from Luton Town, where Villa is likely to become a member of Leicester City

Villa has confirmed to release eight players, Mile Jedinak, Alan Hutton, Tommy Elphick, Albert Adomah, Glenn Whelan, Ritchie De Laet, Mark Bunn and Micah Richards

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How did your MP vote on the deal?

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Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley),

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon),

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen),

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex),

Caroline Spelman (Meriden),

Mark Spencer (Sherwood),

John Stevenson (Carlisle),

Bob Stewart (Beckenham),

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border),

Gary Streeter (South West Devon),

Mel Stride (Central Devon),

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness),

Julian Sturdy (York Outer),

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)),

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West),

Hugo Swire (East Devon),

Robert Syms (Poole),

Derek Thomas (St Ives),

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South),

Maggie Throup (Erewash),

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood),

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole),

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire),

David Tredinnick (Bosworth),

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed),

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk),

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling),

Edward Vaizey (Wantage),

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire),

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes),

Charles Walker (Broxbourne),

Robin Walker (Worcester),

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North),

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome),

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness),

Giles Watling (Clacton), Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent),

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire),

John Whittingdale (Maldon),

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire),

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire),

Mike Wood (Dudley South),

William Wragg (Hazel Grove),

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam),

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon).

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Remainers launch their bid to force a soft Brexit

Tory No Votes (265)

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty),

Adam Afriyie (Windsor),

Peter Aldous (Waveney),

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West),

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey),

Edward Argar (Charnwood),

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle),

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk),

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden),

Steve Baker (Wycombe),

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire),

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire),

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay),

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk),

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley),

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen),

Bob Blackman (Harrow East),

Crispin Blunt (Reigate),

Peter Bone (Wellingborough),

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West),

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine),

Ben Bradley (Mansfield),

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West),

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South),

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire),

Steve Brine (Winchester),

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup),

Fiona Bruce (Congleton),

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar),

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West),

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan),

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk),

William Cash (Stone),

Maria Caulfield (Lewes),

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham),

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham),

Christopher Chope (Christchurch),

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds),

Colin Clark (Gordon),

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland),

James Cleverly (Braintree),

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds),

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal),

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe),

Robert Courts (Witney),

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon),

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford),

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh),

Philip Davies (Shipley),

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden),

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport),

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham),

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire),

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay),

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere),

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock),

Richard Drax (South Dorset),

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East),

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan),

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green),

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton),

Philip Dunne (Ludlow),

Michael Ellis (Northampton North),

Charlie Elphicke (Dover),

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth),

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley),

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford),

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield),

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks),

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster),

Kevin Foster (Torbay),

Liam Fox (North Somerset),

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford),

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire),

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil),

Roger Gale (North Thanet),

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest),

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden),

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton),

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham),

John Glen (Salisbury),

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby),

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath),

Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire),

Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock),

Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

James Gray (North Wiltshire),

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell),

Chris Green (Bolton West),

Andrew Griffiths (Burton),

Kirstene Hair (Angus),

Robert Halfon (Harlow),

Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate),

Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge),

Matt Hancock (West Suffolk),

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham),

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean),

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point),

Trudy Harrison (Copeland),

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire),

John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings),

James Heappey (Wells),

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry),

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey),

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs),

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire),

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley),

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton),

Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham),

John Howell (Henley),

Eddie Hughes (Walsall North),

Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey),

Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner),

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove),

Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire),

Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex),

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood),

Robert Jenrick (Newark),

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip),

Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham),

Gareth Johnson (Dartford),

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough),

David Jones (Clwyd West),

Marcus Jones (Nuneaton),

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham),

Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble),

Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull),

Greg Knight (East Yorkshire),

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne),

John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk),

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North),

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire),

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire),

Edward Leigh (Gainsborough),

Andrew Lewer (Northampton South),

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth),

Julian Lewis (New Forest East),

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset),

David Lidington (Aylesbury),

Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster),

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke),

Jonathan Lord (Woking),

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham),

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet),

Rachel Maclean (Redditch),

Anne Main (St Albans),

Alan Mak (Havant),

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire),

Scott Mann (North Cornwall),

Theresa May (Maidenhead),

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys),

Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales),

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage),

Esther McVey (Tatton),

Mark Menzies (Fylde),

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View),

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle),

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock),

Maria Miller (Basingstoke),

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase),

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley),

Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield),

Damien Moore (Southport),

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North),

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough),

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot),

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale),

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis),

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills),

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall),

Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire),

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst),

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North),

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire),

Neil O’Brien (Harborough),

Matthew Offord (Hendon),

Guy Opperman (Hexham),

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton),

Priti Patel (Witham),

Owen Paterson (North Shropshire),

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead),

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare),

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole),

Chris Philp (Croydon South),

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth),

Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich),

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane),

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford),

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin),

Tom Pursglove (Corby),

Will Quince (Colchester),

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton),

John Redwood (Wokingham),

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset),

Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury),

Mary Robinson (Cheadle),

Andrew Rosindell (Romford),

Douglas Ross (Moray),

Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire),

David Rutley (Macclesfield),

Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam),

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight),

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire),

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield),

Alok Sharma (Reading West),

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell),

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood),

Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley),

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon),

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen),

Mark Spencer (Sherwood),

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle),

John Stevenson (Carlisle),

Bob Stewart (Beckenham),

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border),

Mel Stride (Central Devon),

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness),

Julian Sturdy (York Outer),

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)),

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West),

Hugo Swire (East Devon),

Robert Syms (Poole),

Derek Thomas (St Ives),

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South),

Maggie Throup (Erewash),

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood),

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole),

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire),

David Tredinnick (Bosworth),

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed),

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk),

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling),

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire),

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes),

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet),

Charles Walker (Broxbourne),

Robin Walker (Worcester),

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North),

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome),

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness),

Giles Watling (Clacton),

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent),

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire),

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley),

John Whittingdale (Maldon),

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire),

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire),

Mike Wood (Dudley South),

William Wragg (Hazel Grove),

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam),

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon).

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Britain faces TWO YEARS of Brexit limbo unless Theresa May wins vote

Tory No Votes (265)

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty),

Adam Afriyie (Windsor),

Peter Aldous (Waveney),

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West),

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey),

Edward Argar (Charnwood),

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle),

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk),

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden),

Steve Baker (Wycombe),

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire),

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire),

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay),

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk),

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley),

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen),

Bob Blackman (Harrow East),

Crispin Blunt (Reigate),

Peter Bone (Wellingborough),

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West),

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine),

Ben Bradley (Mansfield),

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West),

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South),

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire),

Steve Brine (Winchester),

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup),

Fiona Bruce (Congleton),

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar),

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West),

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan),

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk),

William Cash (Stone),

Maria Caulfield (Lewes),

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham),

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham),

Christopher Chope (Christchurch),

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds),

Colin Clark (Gordon),

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland),

James Cleverly (Braintree),

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds),

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal),

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe),

Robert Courts (Witney),

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon),

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford),

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh),

Philip Davies (Shipley),

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden),

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport),

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham),

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire),

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay),

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere),

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock),

Richard Drax (South Dorset),

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East),

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan),

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green),

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton),

Philip Dunne (Ludlow),

Michael Ellis (Northampton North),

Charlie Elphicke (Dover),

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth),

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley),

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford),

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield),

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks),

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster),

Kevin Foster (Torbay),

Liam Fox (North Somerset),

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford),

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire),

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil),

Roger Gale (North Thanet),

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest),

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden),

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton),

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham),

John Glen (Salisbury),

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby),

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath),

Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire),

Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock),

Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

James Gray (North Wiltshire),

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell),

Chris Green (Bolton West),

Andrew Griffiths (Burton),

Kirstene Hair (Angus),

Robert Halfon (Harlow),

Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate),

Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge),

Matt Hancock (West Suffolk),

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham),

Mark Harper (Forest of Dean),

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point),

Trudy Harrison (Copeland),

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire),

John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings),

James Heappey (Wells),

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry),

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey),

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs),

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire),

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley),

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton),

Philip Hollobone (Kettering), Adam Holloway (Gravesham),

John Howell (Henley),

Eddie Hughes (Walsall North),

Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey),

Nick Hurd (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner),

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove),

Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire),

Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex),

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood),

Robert Jenrick (Newark),

Boris Johnson (Uxbridge and South Ruislip),

Caroline Johnson (Sleaford and North Hykeham),

Gareth Johnson (Dartford),

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough),

David Jones (Clwyd West),

Marcus Jones (Nuneaton),

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham),

Gillian Keegan (Chichester), Seema Kennedy (South Ribble),

Stephen Kerr (Stirling), Julian Knight (Solihull),

Greg Knight (East Yorkshire),

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne),

John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk),

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North),

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire),

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire),

Edward Leigh (Gainsborough),

Andrew Lewer (Northampton South),

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth),

Julian Lewis (New Forest East),

Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset),

David Lidington (Aylesbury),

Julia Lopez (Hornchurch and Upminster),

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke),

Jonathan Lord (Woking),

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham),

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet),

Rachel Maclean (Redditch),

Anne Main (St Albans),

Alan Mak (Havant),

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire),

Scott Mann (North Cornwall),

Theresa May (Maidenhead),

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys),

Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales),

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage),

Esther McVey (Tatton),

Mark Menzies (Fylde),

Johnny Mercer (Plymouth, Moor View),

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle),

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock),

Maria Miller (Basingstoke),

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase),

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley),

Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield),

Damien Moore (Southport),

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North),

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough),

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot),

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale),

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis),

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills),

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall),

Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire),

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst),

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North),

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire),

Neil O’Brien (Harborough),

Matthew Offord (Hendon),

Guy Opperman (Hexham),

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton),

Priti Patel (Witham),

Owen Paterson (North Shropshire),

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead),

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare),

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole),

Chris Philp (Croydon South),

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth),

Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich),

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane),

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford),

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin),

Tom Pursglove (Corby),

Will Quince (Colchester),

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton),

John Redwood (Wokingham),

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset),

Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury),

Mary Robinson (Cheadle),

Andrew Rosindell (Romford),

Douglas Ross (Moray),

Lee Rowley (North East Derbyshire),

David Rutley (Macclesfield),

Paul Scully (Sutton and Cheam),

Bob Seely (Isle of Wight),

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire),

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield),

Alok Sharma (Reading West),

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell),

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood),

Chloe Smith (Norwich North),

Henry Smith (Crawley),

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon),

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen),

Mark Spencer (Sherwood),

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle),

John Stevenson (Carlisle),

Bob Stewart (Beckenham),

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South),

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border),

Mel Stride (Central Devon),

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness),

Julian Sturdy (York Outer),

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)),

Desmond Swayne (New Forest West),

Hugo Swire (East Devon),

Robert Syms (Poole),

Derek Thomas (St Ives),

Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South),

Maggie Throup (Erewash),

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood),

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon),

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole),

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire),

David Tredinnick (Bosworth),

Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed),

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk),

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling),

Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire),

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes),

Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet),

Charles Walker (Broxbourne),

Robin Walker (Worcester),

Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North),

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome),

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness),

Giles Watling (Clacton),

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent),

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire),

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley),

John Whittingdale (Maldon),

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire),

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire),

Mike Wood (Dudley South),

William Wragg (Hazel Grove),

Jeremy Wright (Kenilworth and Southam),

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon).

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How did your MP vote tonight?

Tory No Votes (265)

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty),

Adam Afriyie (Windsor),

Peter Aldous (Waveney),

Lucy Allan (Telford),

David Amess (Southend West),

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey),

Edward Argar (Charnwood),

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle),

Richard Bacon (South Norfolk),

Kemi Badenoch (Saffron Walden),

Steve Baker (Wycombe),

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire),

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire),

John Baron (Basildon and Billericay),

Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk),

Paul Beresford (Mole Valley),

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen),

Bob Blackman (Harrow East),

Crispin Blunt (Reigate),

Peter Bone (Wellingborough),

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West),

Andrew Bowie (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine),

Ben Bradley (Mansfield),

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands),

Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West),

Suella Braverman (Fareham), Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South),

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire),

Steve Brine (Winchester),

James Brokenshire (Old Bexley and Sidcup),

Fiona Bruce (Congleton),

Alex Burghart (Brentwood and Ongar),

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West),

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan),

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk),

William Cash (Stone),

Maria Caulfield (Lewes),

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham),

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham),

Christopher Chope (Christchurch),

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds),

Colin Clark (Gordon),

Simon Clarke (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland),

James Cleverly (Braintree),

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds),

Therese Coffey (Suffolk Coastal),

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe),

Robert Courts (Witney),

Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon),

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford),

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire),

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth),

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire),

Mims Davies (Eastleigh),

Philip Davies (Shipley),

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden),

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport),

Leo Docherty (Aldershot), Michelle Donelan (Chippenham),

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire),

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay),

Oliver Dowden (Hertsmere),

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock),

Richard Drax (South Dorset),

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East),

David Duguid (Banff and Buchan),

Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green),

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton),

Philip Dunne (Ludlow),

Michael Ellis (Northampton North),

Charlie Elphicke (Dover),

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth),

Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley),

David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford),

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield),

Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks),

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster),

Kevin Foster (Torbay),

Liam Fox (North Somerset),

Mark Francois (Rayleigh and Wickford),

Lucy Frazer (South East Cambridgeshire),

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil),

Roger Gale (North Thanet),

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest),

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden),

Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton),

Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham),

John Glen (Salisbury),

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park),

Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby),

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Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire),

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Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald),

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Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst),

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Neil O’Brien (Harborough),

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Owen Paterson (North Shropshire),

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead),

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare),

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole),

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Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane),

Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford),

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin),

Tom Pursglove (Corby),

Will Quince (Colchester),

Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton),

John Redwood (Wokingham),

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Attorney General wrecks Mays last chance Brexit deal

Theresa May’s hopes of winning tonight’s ‘last chance’ EU divorce vote are in tatters today after rebel Tory Brexiteers and the DUP abandoned her renegotiated deal.

The Northern Irish party, whose 10 MPs are propping up Mrs May’s Government, and the influential ERG group of around 100 Tories led by Jacob Rees-Mogg are set to vote with Labour to oppose her divorce when the Commons votes at 7pm tonight.

This likely fatal blow to Mrs May’s Brexit deal came after her Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC admitted the 11th hour deal struck in Strasbourg last night failed to reverse his legal advice that Britain could be locked into EU rules forever through the Irish backstop.

In his bombshell letter presented to the cabinet this morning Mr Cox said: ‘The legal risk remains unchanged. The UK would have no internationally lawful means of exiting the Protocol’s arrangements, save by agreement’.

His overall conclusion immediately sparked a negative reaction from the DUP – seen as the key group the PM needed to win over – with MP Nigel Dodds, who is also barrister, saying Mrs May’s deal meant: ‘Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom could be trapped’.

Minutes later the ERG pulled the plug after a ‘star chamber’ meeting where their own lawyers and MPs pored over the new deal.

Veteran Brexiteer Bill Cash said: ‘In the light of our own legal analysis and others we do not recommend accepting the Government’s motion today’ while fellow Tory MP John Whittingdale said Mr Cox had inflicted ‘terminal’ damage on the PM’s deal.

Hours after releasing his bombshell letter Mr Cox attempted to defend Mrs May’s deal and told the Commons it is ‘highly unlikely’ that the UK and EU would not reach an agreement on their future relationship – and insisted MPs had to make a ‘political decision’ tonight not a legal one.

After hearing the bad news Theresa May left Downing Street this morning to beg her own MPs to vote for her deal in a lunchtime meeting, warning them that Britain may never leave the EU if they refuse to back her tonight. One MP in the meeting said she ‘needed to bring back a rabbit but she had only managed a hamster’.

Minutes earlier she told her cabinet that she did have ‘legally-binding changes’ to the backstop and ended the meeting by saying: ‘Today is the day. Let’s get this done’.

If Mrs May’s deal fails tonight it will kick-start a move by MPs to block no deal and delay Brexit in votes tomorrow and on Thursday. In a clear threat to Tory Brexiteers, leading Tory remainer Nick Boles, who is working with Labour MPs to deliver the softest possible Brexit, tweeted: ‘Do yourselves a favour. Take the win. Vote for the deal. But if you won’t, please don’t say I didn’t warn you about what comes next’.

Theresa May’s Brexit deal suffered a near-fatal blow today as her own Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said it does not rescue Britain from the Irish backstop

This is the Attorney General’s letter to the Prime Minister that admitted her tweaked deal had failed to change his advice that Britain could be trapped in a backstop arrangement with the EU in Ireland

But the possibility fatal blow to Mrs May’s was contained at the end of the letter, in paragraph 19, where he said ‘the legal risk [of the backstop] remains unchanged’

Mrs May needs to convince the DUP, dozens of Tory Brexiteers and a number of Labour rebels to have any hope of winning tonight’s vote

Theresa May refused to comment on Geoffrey Cox’s legal advice as she entered a meeting with Tory MPs where she begged for their support.

‘The legal risk remains unchanged’: What Cox’s new advice says and what it means for May

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox published new legal advice on the Brexit deal this morning – apparently torpedoing Theresa May’s hopes of winning tonight.

These are the key paragraphs and what they mean:

Paragraph 19: The final paragraph and ultimately the only one likely to matter today. Cox admits the ‘legal risk remains unchanged’ that if UK-EU trade talks fail despite real efforts on both sides, Britain cannot escape the backstop unilaterally.

Paragraph 7: The Government hangs great hope on Cox’s conclusion a new ‘joint instrument’ does impose ‘new legal obligations and commitments’ on finding an alternative to the backstop before it ever kicks in.

Paragraph 14: Cox says Britain’s ‘unilateral declaration’ the backstop will not be allowed to become permanent does provide a ‘substantive and binding reinforcement’ of Britain’s legal rights to escape the backstop if the EU acts in bad faith.

Paragraph 17: Cox says the new documents do ‘reduce the risk’ the UK could be trapped ‘indefinitely and involuntarily’ trapped in the backstop by the EU acting badly.

Heading into a meeting with the Prime Minister, Brexit Minister Robin Walker insisted there had been positive changes that Tory MPs would support.

He said: ‘I’m positive. We’ve seen real progress, more progress than many believed would be possible.

‘I’m not making crystal ball predictions but what we have seen from the Attorney General is this reduces the risk of the UK being caught in the backstop.’

Sir Desmond Swayne said ‘this is an intractable disagreement’.

Former international development minister Grant Shapps said the vote would be close and ‘needed the DUP’.

He said: ‘One colleague said he was looking for her to bring back a rabbit but she had only managed a hamster – but he said that was good enough for him. I think that was Charlie Elphicke.

‘Some colleagues are coming across.’

ERG member Mark Francois said he was ‘wholly unconvinced’ by Mrs May’s improved deal.

He said: ‘Question after question after question was directed at her on the legal advice and particularly on paragraph 19 of the Attorney General’s statement where he makes the critical observation ‘however the legal risk remains unchanged’.

‘Colleague after colleague asked about that.

‘It’s for individual colleagues to judge and obviously they will listen to what the Attorney General says in his statement at 12.30…

‘Speaking purely and entirely for myself I regret to say I found the Prime Minister’s answers ultimately unconvincing.’

Andrew Bridgen said ‘nothing has changed’ as he left the meeting after about five minutes.

Theresa May insists she does have ‘legally binding changes’ to the Irish border backstop after a last minute dash to Strasbourg ended in an appearance with Jean Claude Juncker

Rebel Tory Brexiteers and the DUP are today combing over the detail after the Prime Minister last night announced ‘legally binding changes’ to the controversial Irish border backstop after a dramatic dash to Strasbourg yesterday and last-minute talks with Jean-Claude Juncker.

What is the new deal announced by May?

What are the changes to the deal?

There are three new documents that are now part of the divorce package – on top of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration on the Future Relationship.

None of the new documents change either of the two main ones agreed in November and which were defeated by 230 votes on January 15.

The new documents are:

A joint legally binding ‘instrument’ that is based on promises from Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk the backstop cannot be permanent and should be replaced by ‘alternative arrangements’ by 2020.

A joint statement adding to the political statement about the future UK-EU relationship, committing both sides to ‘enhance and expedite’ the trade talks on the final status.

A unilateral statement by Britain that if the backstop ever kicked in, the UK would introduce measures to ensure it is ‘disapplied’. This means measures to ensure an open border – but does not specify what they are.

What do the changes mean?

May’s deputy David Lidington said they ‘strengthen and improve’ the deal and amount to ‘legally binding changes’.

The Attorney General is due to produce new legal advice today. This will be published so MPs can see if there is any change.

Much will depend on whether he reverses his advice the backstop could last forever in the absence of a UK-EU trade deal that keeps open the Irish border.

Do the changes actually change the divorce deal?

They do not change either document agreed by Theresa May in November and voted on by MPs in January. Both the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration stand unamended.

May says the new documents have the same ‘legal weight’ as the original deal and effectively improve it from the outside.

Will they persuade Tory rebels?

It is too soon to tell. Tory hardliners will pass the documents to a group of their own lawyers and they will make a decision today.

The so-called ‘Cash Council’ includes eight lawyers, seven of whom are current MPs and leading Eurosceptic. The group includes DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds.

The DUP itself issued a measured response tonight, vowing to study the new documents closely.

What is the vote today?

May is holding a new vote on whether or not to approve her deal today. Passing it is an essential part of making the deal law.

Technically the vote has to happen at some point because of the law in Section 13 of the EU Withdrawal Action 2018.

It is a repeat of the vote she held and lost by a record-breaking 230 votes on January 13.

What will MPs vote on?

The Government has tabled a motion that broadly says MPs ‘approve’ the deal.

The motion refer to five documents that now make up the deal – including the three new documents about the backstop.

Both the motion and the documents had to be tabled in Parliament yesterday, before the Commons finished for the night.

Can it be amended?

Yes. MPs can re-write the motion to say they ‘approve’ the deal subject to conditions, or to say they ‘decline to approve’ it for whatever reason.

Can May amend it?

Yes, potentially. May could table an amendment to her own motion or endorse an amendment tabled by a friendly backbench MP if the new agreements look set to fail.

Why would she do that?

An amendment could be used to send a political signal to Brussels on what is needed to pass the motion unamended.

It would probably mean a third vote was needed – but this is legally ambiguous and appears to have been ruled out as an option by Juncker anyway.

Former Brexit Secretary David Davis tweeted: ‘This all now depends on the Attorney General’s legal advice. It is critical that he confirms we can escape this backstop.’

Theresa May will make a direct pitch to MPs at 11.30am and hopes the changes to her deal will be enough to win backing for her plan from rebel Tory Brexiteers and the DUP in the meaningful vote tonight and secure Britain’s exit from the EU on March 29.

In a clear threat to them leading Tory remainer Nick Boles, who is working with Labour MPs to deliver the softest possible Brexit, tweeted: ‘Do yourselves a favour. Take the win. Vote for the deal. But if you won’t, please don’t say I didn’t warn you about what comes next’.

Mrs May needs to convince the entire DUP group of 10 MPs, most of the 108 Eurosceptic ERG rebels, and at least 10 Labour Brexiteers to back her deal and turn her 230-vote defeat earlier this year into an extraordinary and unlikely victory.

If Mrs May loses again Remainer MPs are poised to stop Britain leaving the EU without a deal and delay Brexit in vote over the next two days. Juncker has last night warned that today was MPs ‘last chance’ to pass a deal, and said there will be no further changes.

ERG Chairman Jacob Rees-Mogg had given Mrs May hope by saying the new agreement was ‘unquestionably a step in the right direction’. David Davis said that if Mr Cox changes his guidance today the deal ‘is just about acceptable to me’.

Tory Brexiteer rebels and Northern Ireland ‘s DUP have worked through the night to study Mrs May’s ‘legally binding changes’ – but have yet to decide whether to back the deal until after a star chamber meeting of their MPs and lawyers this morning.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, chairman of the European Research Group of Brexiteer MPs, said the ‘Star Chamber’ of lawyers was about to examine the deal.

‘So my focus will be on whether the unilateral declaration is genuinely unilateral.’

He added that ‘many Conservatives will be heavily influenced by the DUP’s view’.

Mr Rees-Mogg also said the process had been ‘desperately rushed’ and called for the vote to be delayed until tomorrow to give more time to examine the documents.

DUP leader Arlene Foster would not be drawn on what her party in Westminster would do and said: ‘We will be taking appropriate advice, scrutinising the text line by line and forming our own judgement’.

The ERG and DUP are believed to have their own lawyers looking at Mrs May’s legal tweaks and will hold a meeting to discuss it this morning.

But former attorney general Dominic Grieve, who wants a second referendum, said today: ‘It doesn’t allow the UK the right to terminate the backstop at a time of its own choosing. Ultimately I don’t think this document that’s been produced makes any significant difference’.

Independent Group MP Anna Soubry tweeted: ‘Just in case you weren’t sure who’s running our country @Jacob-Rees-Mogg confirms the most important decision our country has taken since WW2 hangs on the views of a self appointed committee of ERG hard Brexit ‘lawyers’ and the DUP. So much for Taking Back Control’.

Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has described as ‘b*****s’ a claim that he had been ‘told to find a way’ to ensure legal validation of Theresa May’s newly-negotiated arrangement with the EU.

The one-word response was given to Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, who had tweeted: ‘A Lawyer contact tells me that the legal world is aware that the Attorney General said NO last night to the validity of Mrs May’s ‘new EU deal’… he been told to go away and find a way to say YES: A cohort of lawyers has been summoned.’

Environment Secretary Michael Gove said it was ‘make your mind up time’ for MPs on the ‘new, improved deal’.

He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘We have an improvement on the Withdrawal Agreement that was presented to the House of Commons in January. That improvement ensures that we have additional legal weight behind our position.

‘It also ensures that, as in any agreement or any contract, if it is the case that one side – in this case the EU – seeks to act in a way that is not in accordance with their commitments then we can go to court and we can win.

‘We have also made a declaration as a nation that, should the EU behave in that way, that is exactly what we will do.’

That declaration of intent has ‘political and legal standing’, he added.

Rejecting the deal could result in Brexit being ‘delayed or diluted’, he said in a message aimed at Tory Eurosceptics.

Jacob Rees-Mogg said today that it was ‘a day of reckoning’ while Tory remainer Nick Boles said Brexiteers should ‘take the deal’ or wave goodbye to the kind of Brexit they want

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described the outcome of last night’s Strasbourg meeting as ‘positive’ but insisted the EU’s legal assurances do ‘not reopen the Withdrawal Agreement or undermine the backstop’

He said he now ‘hopes and trusts’ MPs will support Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

He said the backstop remains in place until other arrangements are made.

He added: ‘Brexit has been a dark cloud for many months, a positive vote can remove that cloud and restore confidence in Britain, Ireland and the EU.’

After a day of confusion and rumour in Westminster, the Prime Minister dashed by plane to Strasbourg for emergency talks with EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.

Following a two-hour meeting to thrash out the final details, the pair unveiled a three-point plan for a revised deal in a press conference.

However, it was unclear last night whether the extra changes secured will be enough for Attorney General Geoffrey Cox to alter his legal advice on the Irish backstop.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Jeremy Hunt arrive in Downing Street today ahead of the crucial vote tonight

Shief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss was followed into No 10 by Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting

Remainer Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd smiles as she exits her ministerial car in Downing Street

Jeremy Corbyn (pictured today) has told his MPs to reject Mrs May’s deal but a number are ready to defy him and side with the Prime Minister

The vote tonight on the withdrawal agreement could decide the fate of Brexit and Mrs May’s premiership.

The Prime Minister said: ‘MPs were clear that legal changes were needed to the backstop. Today we have secured legal changes. Now is the time to come together, to back this improved deal and to deliver on the instruction of the British people.’

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay tweeted soon after, saying: ‘Parliament asked us to secure legal changes to provide reassurance around the backstop.

What are MPs voting on today?

What is the vote today?

Theresa May has promised to hold a vote on whether or not to approve her deal today. Passing it is an essential part of making the deal law.

Technically the vote has to happen at some point because of the law in Section 13 of the EU Withdrawal Action 2018.

What will MPs vote on?

The Government has tabled a motion that broadly says MPs ‘approve’ the deal.

The motion refer to documents that make up the deal – including the two new documents about the backstop.

Both the motion and the documents have to be tabled in Parliament today, before the Commons finishes for the night.

Can it be amended?

Yes. MPs can re-write the motion to say they ‘approve’ the deal subject to conditions, or to say they ‘decline to approve’ it for whatever reason.

Can May amend it?

Yes, potentially. May could table an amendment to her own motion or endorse an amendment tabled by a friendly backbench MP if the new agreements look set to fail.

Why would she do that?

An amendment could be used to send a political signal to Brussels on what is needed to pass the motion unamended.

It would probably mean a third vote was needed – but this is legally ambiguous.

‘Prime Minister has delivered on that. Time to back the deal and deliver an orderly Brexit.’

Mr Juncker warned that if Britain delayed Brexit beyond May 22, it would have to take part in EU elections that begin the day after. He also said the package was the EU’s final offer and there will be ‘no third chances’.

He added: ‘If there is no support for the withdrawal agreement tomorrow, perhaps there is no support for Brexit at all. Let’s be crystal clear about the choice: it is this deal or Brexit might not happen at all.

‘I trust that today’s meaningful legal assurances will be meaningful enough for the meaningful vote tomorrow. Let’s now bring this withdrawal to a good end. We owe it to history.’

In other developments:

Brexiteers and DUP leader Arlene Foster welcomed the revised agreement with caution;

The pound rose sharply as traders gambled Mrs May was on the brink of a deal;

Remainer MPs warned Mrs May would be found ‘in contempt of Parliament’ if she tried to pull the planned votes ruling out No Deal on March 29 and authorising a Brexit delay;

Sources in Brussels said Mr Barnier rounded on Mr Cox for suggesting at the weekend that the UK should be able to seek exit from the backstop on the day it begins.

The first new document unveiled in the three-point plan was a ‘joint interpretative instrument’, which guarantees that the EU ‘cannot act with the intent of applying the backstop indefinitely’.

If triggered, this would allow the UK to challenge it via a beefed-up arbitration process and suspend it.

Theresa May boarded her jet at RAF Northolt alongside close aides last night for the make or break trip to Strasbourg (pictured)

Mrs May flew to north east France on a BAe 146 jet from the Royal Air Force’s 32 Squadron, also known as The Royal Squadron because it usually flies the Queen and other senior Royals

The week that will make or break Theresa May’s Brexit

TUESDAY

The Commons will vote on whether to support the revised deal in the second so-called ‘meaningful vote’. In January it was rejected by a majority of 230 in an historic defeat for the Government.

OPTION A: If it is passed, then the UK is set to leave the European Union on March 29 as planned.

OPTION B: If MPs vote against it again, they will be back in the Commons on Wednesday.

WEDNESDAY

If her withdrawal deal is defeated, as seems likely, the Prime Minister has promised to hold a vote on Wednesday on whether the country should leave the EU without a deal.

It would take place just hours after the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

OPTION A: If MPs vote for it, a No Deal Brexit would take place.

OPTION B: If politicians vote against leaving the EU without a deal, they’ll go back again to the voting lobbies.

LATER ON WEDNESDAY OR ON THURSDAY

A vote against No Deal would see MPs given the chance to delay Brexit beyond March 29, Mrs May has pledged. This would take place on either Wednesday or Thursday.

OPTION A: If MPs back a delay, then the PM would have to go back to Brussels to negotiate an extension of the two-year Article 50 process.

OPTION B: Rejection of an extension, would mean the country leaves the European Union on March 29 with or without a deal.

The second was a joint statement in addition to the political declaration on the future relationship, forming a legal commitment to find alternative arrangements to the backstop – including technological ones – before it has to be triggered.

It could be key for trying to win over Eurosceptic MPs who believe technological solutions could prevent the need for a hard border without requiring the UK to be left in a customs union in all but name.

Thirdly, the UK published a ‘unilateral declaration’ setting out Britain’s belief that, if the future trade negotiations break down, it can trigger a process which would see the backstop ended.

Mrs May last night insisted the changes deliver on promises made to MPs. However, the measures did not amount to a reopening of the withdrawal treaty or an end date or unilateral exit clause to the backstop – key demands from Brexiteer MPs.

When asked if the changes amounted to either an end date or unilateral exit clause last night, Mrs May said: ‘What we have secured is legally binding changes which is exactly what Parliament asked us to secure, and what we have secured very clearly is that the backstop cannot be indefinite and cannot become permanent.’

Mr Juncker said: ‘In politics, sometimes you get a second chance. It is what we do with this second chance that counts, because there will be no third chance. There will be no further declarations, interpretations and no further assurances if the meaningful vote [on Mrs May’s deal] fails.’

When pressed, he said the changes ‘complement’ the withdrawal treaty without reopening it.

Following the announcement Mrs Foster, whose MPs the Tories rely on to get legislation through Parliament, said: ‘We note the Prime Minister’s latest statement and update on our EU exit negotiations.

‘These publications need careful analysis. We will be taking appropriate advice, scrutinising the text line by line and forming our own judgement.’

Iain Duncan-Smith, a member of the ERG group of Brexiteers, said: ‘We are waiting for the lawyers to see if anything has changed. There are concerns about the Attorney General’s advice and when we will see it.’

If the vote is lost, Mrs May has agreed to give MPs the chance to rule out a No Deal Brexit tomorrow. Parliament would then be asked on Thursday whether to seek an extension of Article 50 that would delay Brexit.

The three key pillars that might save Prime Minister Theresa May

THE EXIT MECHANISM

What it is: A legally binding text, added to the withdrawal agreement, which sets out the temporary nature of the Northern Ireland backstop.

Known as a ‘joint interpretative instrument’, it states that the EU ‘cannot act with the intention of applying the backstop indefinitely’. If it did so, the UK could challenge it through arbitration and – ultimately – get out.

What it means: Legal advice on the deal from the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox warned that the UK could in theory become trapped indefinitely in the controversial backstop.

This attempts to reassure MPs, especially in the Eurosceptic European Research Group, by showing a clear – and legally binding – escape route. It also gives more weight to moves to replace the backstop with technological solutions.

THE UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

What it is: A UK-only document that sets out in explicit terms the temporary nature of the backstop. It makes clear that the UK Government’s understanding is that there is nothing to stop Britain unilaterally leaving the backstop if it appears to be becoming permanent.

What it means: This document makes clear the UK’s view that we can’t be trapped in the backstop.

Although not legally binding over the EU, it would set out in unambiguous terms that a future government can decide to leave at any point if there was no prospect of escaping via a trade deal.

THE ASSURANCES LETTER

What it is: On January 14, Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker wrote to Theresa May in a bid to address UK concerns about the backstop and give reassurances that it would only be temporary.

It was dismissed at the time because it was not legally binding, but the new deal puts it in binding legal form.

What it means: The letter contains assurances about the temporary nature of the backstop, that the EU would use its ‘best endeavours’ to do a deal, and that it would only be in place as long as ‘strictly necessary’.

It also makes clear the EU will give priority to finding technological alternatives to the backstop, a critical element for hardline Eurosceptics. It makes clear the backstop cannot ‘supercede’ the Good Friday Agreement. Putting these assurances on a legal footing could be crucial.

JACK DOYLE: From the Prime Minister ‘staring down the barrel of a gun’ to glimmers of hope as Mrs May finally reached an agreement with the EU

At yesterday’s 8.30am meeting of senior Downing Street strategists, the mood could hardly have been bleaker.

Theresa May was, according to one ally, ‘staring down the barrel of a gun’.

The Prime Minister had promised to come back to the Commons with a new deal for MPs to vote on today.

But over the weekend, the talks had failed. The PM’s plane had sat on the runway at Northolt, fuelled and ready to go, but there was nowhere to fly to and nothing to sign off.

The PM was in a bind. She could hardly present to MPs the exact same withdrawal agreement which was voted down by a historic margin of 230 votes less than a month earlier. That would be a humiliation. But she had promised a meaningful vote, and pulling it would spark uproar.

4.15pm – Prime Minister Theresa May looking glum shortly before she gives a reading at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey, London

Mrs May had also promised – after a rebellion by Remainer ministers – two further votes, one on leaving without a deal and another on extending Article 50. However MPs were whipped, these votes were guaranteed to plunge the Tory party into a new and brutal civil war.

There was chatter among MPs that Mrs May could even call a general election to avoid the votes. With nothing to say, No 10 imposed a ministerial media blackout. Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay entered Downing Street just after 10am and was there for nearly two hours, apparently working on a statement due to be made to Parliament in the afternoon.

At the morning briefing of lobby journalists, Downing Street confirmed the meaningful vote would be going ahead, but could not say what the vote would be on.

It was clear the talks were in trouble last week, when Geoffrey Cox, the Attorney General, returned from Brussels empty-handed. But over the weekend, negotiations continued.

By Sunday they were ‘sick of the sight of each other’ one source said, and any hope of a breakthrough appeared to have disappeared.

Yet at one point they were clearly close. EU ambassadors were told yesterday that Mrs May had suggested the additional legal assurances being offered over the Irish border backstop were good enough.

8.20pm – Mrs May brightens up as she is greeted by Jean-Claude Juncker alongside Michel Barnier at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg yesterday evening

But they did not satisfy Mr Cox. In an interview in a Sunday newspaper – conducted earlier in the week – he had made clear he would not rewrite his legal advice unless he was absolutely convinced the new deal meant the UK could not be trapped in the Northern Ireland backstop.

‘I will not change my opinion unless we have a text that shows the risk has been eliminated. I would not put my name to anything less.’

‘I have been a barrister for 36 years, and a senior politician for seven months,’ he insisted. ‘My professional reputation is far more important to me than my reputation as a politician.’

On Sunday afternoon, at a conference call with Mrs May, Mr Barclay, and Mrs May’s chief of staff Gavin Barwell, the Attorney General made it clear he was still not satisfied. The PM phoned EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday night to tell him the deal was off.

It is now known that Mrs May has achieved ‘legally binding changes’ over the backstop that she will take to Parliament with her tomorrow

One diplomat familiar with the briefing said: ‘The legal assurances, the further clarifications that were being offered were just not enough for Prime Minister May to get it through her Cabinet.

‘It was said that they had reached common ground and she wanted to sell it in Downing Street to her Cabinet, but she realised she did not have the support of her ministers.

‘She called Juncker and said ‘my ministers don’t back it’.’

The two leaders agreed to ‘keep the show on the road’ and officials began talking again yesterday morning.

The leaders attended a pres conference after their meeting to confirm that their had been an agreement over the backstop only being ‘temporary’. Mr Juncker again denied that their would be anymore negotiations over the UK-EU deal when asked by a journalist

There were reports Mrs May was considering pulling the votes, to the fury of MPs.

Former Tory minister Nick Boles, one of the leading opponents of No Deal, wrote on Twitter that he was ‘sure’ the PM would honour her promises, adding – in a clear threat – ‘If she doesn’t she will forfeit the confidence of the House of Commons.’

Mr Boles, along with another former Tory minister Oliver Letwin and Labour’s Yvette Cooper, were ready to move. An alliance of Labour MPs and Tory rebels would try to seize control of the Parliamentary timetable and force Mrs May to extend Article 50.

Meanwhile, potential candidates for the Tory leadership continued their public peacocking. Dominic Raab, the former Brexit secretary, made a thinly disguised leadership pitch with a speech on social mobility to a think tank. Asked if he wanted to be Tory leader, he replied: ‘Never say never.’

She has now hopes to go to Parliament for a meaningful vote this evening to gain MPs’ support after her last attempt was voted down by a historic margin of 230 votes less than a month ago

A second call from Mr Juncker at lunchtime was a sign of progress, but when, shortly afterwards, Irish ambassador Simon Coveney suggested Mrs May would by flying to Strasbourg last night, this was news to those in No 10. Mid afternoon, Mrs May gave a reading at Westminster Abbey at a service to mark Commonwealth Day. The passage from 1 Corinthians could have been a plea for Tory unity. ‘The body does not consist of one member but of many… If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it.’

Talks were still going on to finalise the deal as Mrs May left Downing Street shortly after 5pm to board the Royal Flight. One senior source said it was ‘not impossible they [the EU] say no’ on landing.

Assuming they don’t, the deal faces two further hurdles today. First the DUP, the Northern Irish party whose veto would surely be its death knell. One Cabinet source last night said they were keen to ‘find a way out’.

Second is the European Research Group of hardline Eurosceptics, which has set up a ‘star chamber’ of senior lawyers to pass judgment on what has become known as ‘Cox’s Codpiece’.

Mrs May will hope to peel off enough MPs to get the deal over the line. But if it fails, she will have nowhere to turn.

As one senior adviser put it. ‘This is our last roll of the dice.’

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