{"id":4809,"date":"2019-01-21T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4809"},"modified":"2019-01-21T11:40:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:40:30","slug":"pms-brexit-conference-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/blog\/pms-brexit-conference-call\/","title":{"rendered":"PM’s Brexit Conference Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, has held a conference call<\/a> with her cabinet ministers in an attempt to get fresh backing for her Brexit deal, before it is again voted on in Parliament next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PM is due to outline her latest EU withdrawal plan when she updates the House of Commons later today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Why is the PM conference calling her cabinet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PM is really on the ropes right now – not only did her proposed EU withdrawal deal suffer the biggest ever defeat seen in Parliament, she got through a vote of no confidence by the narrowest of margins – and she desperately needs to try and drum up as much support as possible before she puts an amended plan to the House of Commons next Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A conference call offers a simple way to meet up people, especially outside of normal business hours or at times when not everyone can be in the same place at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, calling a conference call was the best way for the PM to call her cabinet together so she could discuss her plans with everyone in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will the PM do next?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The PM has asked for cross-party collaboration to help get a deal sorted that will satisfy both leavers and the EU. The trouble is, those MPs who have met with her have been left exasperated by the fact she seems unwilling to budge on the terms of her current deal, particularly where the issue of a no-deal Brexit<\/a> is concerned – something that all but the hardest Brexiteers see as absolutely catastrophic for the UK<\/a> economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just come out of Downing St after robust discussion with PM.

I urged her to take no deal off the table & stop blackmailing MPs.

I raised rights of 3 million & pressed hard on a #PeoplesVote<\/a>

But sadly these talks are coming far too late & no sign PM is willing to compromise pic.twitter.com\/HE0nPiBjO8<\/a><\/p>— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) January 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote>