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DUP have opposed it too.
And there are quite a few Labour MPs who have constituencies that voted to leave by large margins but have not supported any 'leave' initiative.
And while I get where Bercow is coming from I don't agree with him in this case because the last vote was not a single indepedent stand-alone vote but a set of three interacting votes.
Vote May Deal
If No, vote No Deal
If No, vote Delay
What May wants to do this week is a single vote
Vote May Deal
Now I agree that it looks like repetition but it is not quite. Consider Candidate X whose preferences are
1 - No Deal
2 - May Deal
3 - Delay
Clearly under the interacting three votes he/she would have no choice but to vote NO to their second choice (May Deal) so that he/she could vote for their first choice (No Deal) - they now find themselves stuck with their third choice.
What the last vote would do would be to give the ones that wanted 'No Deal' to consider whether they would prefer 'May's Deal' in preference to delay.
So even though I don't like May's deal and I think it is moot because even if all the tories backed it the DUP won't I think Bercow is wrong and it should go ahead.
Cheers,
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