{"id":8386,"date":"2019-03-10T12:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brexit-could-be-lost-if-deal-rejected-jeremy-hunt-says\/"},"modified":"2019-03-10T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T12:50:11","slug":"brexit-could-be-lost-if-deal-rejected-jeremy-hunt-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/brexit-could-be-lost-if-deal-rejected-jeremy-hunt-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit could be lost if deal rejected, Jeremy Hunt says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image lead-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p0733ts3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells Andrew Marr the Conservative party is &#8220;in very perilous waters&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Conservative MPs should back Theresa May&#8217;s deal this week or risk losing Brexit altogether, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned.<\/p>\n<p>There was &#8220;wind in the sails&#8221; of those opposing Brexit and the consequences for the party will be &#8220;devastating&#8221;, if it is not delivered, he said.<\/p>\n<p>MPs will vote again on the deal on Tuesday, after rejecting it in January.<\/p>\n<p>Labour&#8217;s John McDonnell said it looked like the PM had failed to secure any changes and it would be rejected again.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is due to leave on 29 March, although Parliament has yet to agree the terms of withdrawal.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47482047\" class=\"story-body__link\">Big Brexit vote: What do I need to know?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47491427\" class=\"story-body__link\">Analysis: What happens next?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MPs will vote for a second time on Tuesday on the withdrawal deal Mrs May has negotiated with the European Union &#8211; after rejecting it by a historic margin in January.<\/p>\n<p>If they reject it again, they will get a vote on leaving without a deal, and if that fails, on delaying the exit date.<\/p>\n<p>Many Conservative Brexiteers voted against the deal in January over concerns about the backstop &#8211; a controversial insurance policy designed to prevent physical checks on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>But there have been few visible signs of progress over the issue in continuing talks between EU and UK officials.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Perilous waters&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Hunt told BBC One&#8217;s Andrew Marr Show some MPs wanted to &#8220;kill&#8221; the deal, in order to delay Brexit, with the ultimate aim of getting another referendum on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Within three weeks, those people could have two of those three things,&#8221; he said, adding that Labour&#8217;s position made the third more likely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p0733t1d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell: &#8220;This is the mess the PM has got us into&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said: &#8220;We are in very perilous waters, and people who want to make sure that we really do deliver this result need to remember that if it fails&#8230; they are going to say: &#8216;There was a party that promised to deliver Brexit, we put them into No 10 and they failed&#8217;, and the consequences for us as a party, would be devastating.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We have an opportunity now to leave on March 29, or shortly thereafter. And it&#8217;s very important that we grasp that opportunity because there is wind in the sails of people trying to stop Brexit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If Parliament approves Mrs May&#8217;s withdrawal agreement next week and the UK leaves the EU on 29 March, it will begin a transition period, when the two sides will attempt to agree a comprehensive trade deal.<\/p>\n<p>If a trade deal is not agreed by the end of the transition period, the &#8220;backstop&#8221; plan is designed to maintain an open border on the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p071nl6m.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Confused by Brexit jargon? Reality Check unpacks the basics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would keep the UK in a &#8220;single customs territory&#8221; with the EU, and leave Northern Ireland in the EU&#8217;s single market for goods.<\/p>\n<p>But some MPs fear that &#8211; in its current form &#8211; the backstop may leave the UK tied to the EU indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mrs May urged the EU to help her get the deal through by resolving concerns about the backstop.<\/p>\n<p>But Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC: &#8220;It looks as though she&#8217;s bringing back the same deal so it looks as though we will have the same result and it will be thrown out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the party&#8217;s priority this week would be to stop Theresa May &#8220;driving through some sort of Brexit deal that will damage our economy and undermine jobs&#8221; and if that meant a delay to allow for a discussion about the deal Labour backs instead &#8220;so be it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/embed\/css\/inline.css\"\/>\n<div id=\"responsive-iframe-newsspec-19077-brexit-glossary-main\" class=\"bbc-news-vj-embed-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"responsive-iframe-newsspec-19077-brexit-glossary-main-core-content\">\n<div class=\"brexit-glossary\">\n<div class=\"gel-wrap\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout__item gel-1\/1\" id=\"core-content\">\n<p>Please upgrade your browser<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gel-wrap\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout\">\n<div class=\"gel-layout__item gel-1\/1\" id=\"full-experience\" style=\"display: none\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"brexit-logo\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/news.files.bbci.co.uk\/include\/newsspec\/19077-brexit-glossary\/assets\/project-assets\/brexit_logo--small.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Your guide to Brexit jargon<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He also denied that Labour&#8217;s support for keeping the option of another referendum open had been put on the backburner, adding: &#8220;If Parliament can&#8217;t agree, if we have to break the logjam, yes, we will keep the option available of going back to the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And he said he believed that Labour&#8217;s alternative Brexit deal could be agreed with the EU &#8220;within a matter of weeks&#8221; but said any delay requested should be &#8220;as long as is necessary&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46891257\" class=\"story-body__link\">Labour&#8217;s policy is to seek a permanent customs union with the EU after Brexit<\/a>, which would allow the UK &#8220;a say&#8221; in future trade deals. Mr McDonnell said the EU had &#8220;looked positively&#8221; on the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the EU said it would give &#8220;legal force&#8221; to assurances it has already made about the withdrawal deal and its chief negotiator Michel Barnier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelBarnier\/status\/1104052380088393733\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">tweeted<\/a> that the UK would be free to leave a proposed single customs territory with the EU &#8211; provided Northern Ireland remained within it. <\/p>\n<p>But this proposal has already been rejected by the UK government and Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay said on Friday it was &#8220;not the time to rerun old arguments&#8221;.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\"\/>\n<figure class=\"media-portrait no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-47514248\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionForeign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tells Andrew Marr the Conservative party is &#8220;in very perilous waters&#8221; Conservative MPs should back Theresa May&#8217;s deal this week or risk losing Brexit altogether, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned. 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