THIS evening MPs will vote on Theresa May’s plan for the UK’s withdrawal and future relationship with the EU and if, as expected, her Brexit deal is resoundingly rejected... well, who knows what will happen next?

With the clock ticking on Britain’s departure from the EU on March 29, nobody knows for sure how Brexit will end and we’re unlikely to know much more by the end of this week. That’s because, if defeated today, Mrs May has until next Monday to let MPs know her intentions, whether that’s a different deal, no deal, a second referendum or delaying Brexit beyond March 29.

There are two camps on the whole second referendum debate. One says that it would be undemocratic to ignore the outcome of the 2016 vote and hold a second referendum, while the other says that a second referendum is necessary because many people who voted for Brexit in 2016 were mislead by the Leave campaign and would vote to remain now.

I believe that leaving the EU without a deal would be national suicide and so delaying Brexit until a deal is agreed is the sensible option.