An orderly Brexit depends on a united Tory party. The “Malthouse compromise” – named after the junior minister Kit Malthouse who brokered it – is a proposal to replace the unpopular backstop with alternative technological arrangements to prevent the return of a hard border in Ireland. Downing Street said it wanted to reopen the withdrawal agreement text regardless, but there was concern among Tory hard Brexiters that this was not the case. Asked about this, he said: “We need to leave the European Union in a smooth and orderly way. They won’t be forgiven a no-deal Brexit | Andrew Rawnsley Read moreBuzzFeed reported that suggestions of a snap election had not gone down well with Tory MPs.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2019 22:30 UTC