It had been suggested – by Tony Blair, the former Labour Prime Minister, and Owen Smith, the Labour leadership candidate, among others – that Remain-supporting MPs could use a Parliamentary vote to stop Brexit.
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The Prime Minister is facing legal challenges over whether she has the right to begin the Brexit process without the approval of Parliament.
A Downing Street source said the report was “speculation” but did not reject it out of hand and said May was “committed to delivering on the verdict the public gave”.
A significant section of the Labour Party continues to believe that leader Jeremy Corbyn did not campaign strongly enough to stay in the European Union before the referendum.
Ministers will “discuss the next steps in the negotiations”, a government source told the Telegraph, before the prime minister heads to China for a meeting of G20 world leaders.
The UK has two years in which to formally negotiate its way out of the European Union once Article 50 is triggered.
During her tour, Merkel faced pressure from eastern European countries to tighten barriers against migration, exposing differing priorities as the EU seeks to map the way forward after the United Kingdom’s vote in June to leave the 28-member bloc.
Lawyers from the Mishcon de Reya lawfirm are poised to challenge the government in the English High Court. She’s looked at the numbers and she knows she might not win a vote in parliament.
German Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Roth warned that the U.K.’s negotiations to leave the European Union “will be very difficult” and that Britain won’t be allowed to “cherry-pick” the best that the bloc has to offer.
“Parliament can not be sidelined from the greatest constitutional change our country has debated in 40 years”.
Despite reports of a feud between the ministers in charge of the main Brexit departments – Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox – Mrs May will use the Cabinet meeting to compare the unity in Tory ranks with the chaos in the Labour Party.
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Bill Cash, a Conservative MP and leading Brexit campaigner, welcomed the news about the legal advice reportedly given to May. “Everyone in Europe is expecting it, the decision has been taken by the British people and that’s it. Let’s get on with it”.
