London — UK Prime Minister Theresa May faces another knife-edge vote in the House of Commons this week after she was defeated on her key Brexit legislation in the House of Lords on Monday evening. Legislators in the unelected upper house backed an amendment to ensure a "meaningful vote" for parliament on any Brexit deal agreed with the EU — or on what to do if there was no deal — by 354 votes to 235 votes. The bill will now return to the Commons on Wednesday for a vote that could determine the outcome of Brexit talks. Some pro-European legislators in May’s own party said they would back the amendment as they sought to prevent the no-deal Brexit scenario that businesses feared most. Another potential rebel said privately that they were waiting to see if there were any concessions. "I will be voting for that same amendment in the House of Commons and urge all my colleagues to do likewise," Phillip Lee, who quit as a minister last week to be able to vote against May, said on Twitter af...
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