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And, Parliament comes up empty: all indicative votes fail (Original Post) Recursion Mar 2019 OP
Brexit: What are indicative votes? Adsos Letter Mar 2019 #1

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1. Brexit: What are indicative votes?
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 05:58 PM
Mar 2019

A link explaining indicative votes on Brexit:

Indicative votes are where MPs vote on a series of options designed to test the will of Parliament to see what, if anything, commands a majority.

In the case of Brexit, supporters of indicative votes believe it could provide a way out of the current political stalemate.

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Usually the government has control over what happens day-to-day in Parliament, but on Monday evening MPs backed a proposal by a cross-party group of MPs, including Labour's Hilary Benn and Conservative Sir Oliver Letwin, to take control of the timetable.

MPs may be asked to consider whether any plan agreed by Parliament should be put back to the public in another referendum, or whether the UK should stop Brexit altogether by revoking its notification of Article 50.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47671056
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