Government claims vote for Letwin's indicative votes plan sets 'dangerous precedent'
|The Guardian news is reporting that the government has issued this response to the defeat on Letwin.
A spokesman for the Brexit department said:
It is disappointing to see this amendment pass, as the government made a clear commitment to provide a process to find a majority in parliament for a way forward this week.
This amendment instead upends the balance between our democratic institutions and sets a dangerous, unpredictable precedent for the future.
While it is now up to parliament to set out next steps in respect of this amendment, the government will continue to call for realism – any options considered must be deliverable in negotiations with the EU. Parliament should take account of how long these negotiations would take, and if they’d require a longer extension which would mean holding European parliamentary elections.
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