Brexit news: MPs reject every single indicative vote option as Theresa May vows to quit to get her deal passed

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Indicative votes: MPs reject all 8 different Brexit options

MPs have failed to unite around any Brexit strategy after a series of indicative votes revealed no majority in the Commons for any plan.

Attempts to break the Brexit impasse floundered when MPs rejected eight different options, including a fresh referendum, a customs union and a no-deal exit.

In a dramatic day in Westminster, Theresa May told Tory MPs she will resign before the next phase of Brexit talks, in an attempt to secure support for her deal.

Addressing the 1922 committee of backbench Conservatives, the prime minister said she “would not remain in post for the next phase of the negotiations”, making way for a successor once her Brexit deal has passed.

Senior Brexiteers including Boris Johnson and Iain Duncan Smith signalled they would pivot to back the prime minister’s deal – but the DUP dealt Ms May a fresh blow by refusing to support her.

But it seems her offered sacrifice may have been in vain, as the Democratic Unionist Party announced it would not back a deal which “poses an unacceptable threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom”.

In a potentially fatal blow to Ms May’s chances, DUP leader Arlene Foster said the Northern Irish party “cannot sign up” to the deal because of its controversial “backstop” provisions.

Westminster leader Nigel Dodds made clear the party’s 10 MPs will vote against the deal if it is brought back for a third “meaningful vote”, declaring: “The DUP do not abstain on the Union.”

The decision leaves Ms May in need of the votes of large numbers of Labour MPs or rebel Tory Brexiteers, many of whom are expected to be strongly influenced by the DUP’s stance.

She has indicated she will only make a third attempt to pass the deal, following its overwhelming defeat by 230 votes in January and 149 in March, if she has a credible chance of success.

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Key Points

• Theresa May says she will resign before next phase if Brexit deal passes
• Boris Johnson signals he will back PM's Brexit deal as hardliners soften
• ...but DUP deliver hammer blow by refusing to back the government
• MPs fail to unite behind any Brexit plan in series of "indicative votes"
• John Bercow casts doubt on whether he will allow third meaningful vote

[27 March 2019 23:10 · Lizzy Buchan]

Here's the moment MPs rejected every single Brexit option.

[27 March 2019 23:19 · Samuel Osborne]

[27 March 2019 23:28 · Samuel Osborne]

The Independent Group spokesman Chuka Umunna said "it's all to play for" after the motion for a confirmatory public vote on Brexit received the most votes of any option.

He tweeted: "What do we know this evening: in a vote of the HouseofCommons on resolving the #Brexit chaos, holding a #PeoplesVote commanded the most support! - more than the PM's deal, Labour's alternative deal, no deal, the Common market 2.0 or the others.

"It's all to play for!"

[27 March 2019 23:35 · Samuel Osborne]

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said politicians could face "a massive backlash from voters" in the wake of the indicative votes in the Commons.

He tweeted: "No majority for anything in Parliament, but there is a majority in the country to leave the EU.

"Our politicians must stop trying to undo our vote or face a massive backlash from voters."

[27 March 2019 23:47 · Samuel Osborne]

Green Party leader Caroline Lucas pointed out that despite not obtaining a majority, the plan for a confirmatory public vote received more votes than the prime minister's Brexit plan.

She tweeted: "Public vote gets biggest vote - 268 in favour - and crucially gets more support than PM's Deal last time (242).

"Now Monday becomes key moment to attach #peoplesvote to any deal that gets more support."

[27 March 2019 23:55 · Samuel Osborne]

Conservative deputy chairman James Cleverly tweeted: "Really easy to agree on what you don't want. Much harder to agree on what you do want."