Brexit CAN be 'cancelled'

The UK can unilaterally revoke Article 50 without EU member states' permission, an EU judge said today in a significant boost to Remainers who say it paves the way for Brexit to be cancelled. 

The most senior judge at the European Court of Justice has concluded Britain would not need approval from the 27 other states to halt the process - and could retain the same membership terms.  

The opinion from Advocate General Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona comes after months of legal wrangling - with both the EU and the UK government trying to kill the case off.

The advice suggests if the PM's deal is voted down and the UK voted Remain in a second referendum before 29 March next year, Brexit could be stopped in its tracks.

Tory MP Dominic Grieve, who backs a second referendum, said the news was 'clearly significant'. 

'It is certainly helpful as it removes one of the arguments that they would not allow us to change our minds,' he said. 

Hitting back at the legal advice, the PM's spokesman said: 'The position of the Government has always been that it will not be revoked.' 

The developments came as Theresa May prepares to open the Commons debate on her Brexit deal, with defeat looking inevitable in an historic vote next week.

With the threat of a constitutional crisis mounting and the formal date for leaving the EU just months away, politicians have been desperately casting around for options.  





MailOnline