Christian MPs defend Brexit delay

MPs want to extend the deadline past the current one of March 29 to allow more time for a smoother exit from the EU.

While some hope it’ll give more time for Theresa May to negotiate further with European leaders, others hope a delay will lead to a rethink of the whole process.

Any delay to the process would have to be approved by the EU

Speaking to Premier, Stephen Timms, a Christian and the Labour MP for East Ham suggested at this late stage, a delay in inevitable.

He said: “I think it’s clear that we just don’t have time, whatever happens to get it all sorted out by the end of this month.

“So we must go to the European Union to make it clear we want to extend the deadline. They will want to know the reason.

“I think there is a strong case for us to have quite a long extension rather than a short extension, for example, to allow us to hold a further public vote because it may well be but the only way now that we can resolve the situation that we’re in.”

Timms also addressed criticism that MPs haven’t been able to deliver the will of the British public,

“Yes, I do understand that,” he said. “It’s the result unfortunately of the fact that there was absolutely no plan for leaving the EU in place when article 50 was triggered two years ago. I think people thought there must have been some idea about what the basis for our departure was going to be. But it turns out…