The legal position of Downing Street on Brexit is that “we leave without a deal,” said the government’s leader in the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom.
That’s what will essentially happen, Leadsom added, describing the current prospect for the Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers.
The PM has suffered yet another defeat on Thursday, when the Parliament defeated the motion that would have required the government to immediately open negotiations to extend the Article 50 period by at least three months, the motion to reaffirm support for May’s plan to seek changes to her deal, and the motion — proposed by Jeremy Corbyn — to set a deadline of 27 February for the government to hold a vote on their deal or make a statement that there’s no agreement and allow MPs to vote on how to proceed.