May to bring Brexit vote to parliament in week of January 14
Prime Minister Theresa May says a new referendum would do ‘irreparable damage’
London — Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday she would bring her Brexit deal back to parliament for a vote in mid-January, pledging to get assurances from the European Union to break the deadlock over Britain’s departure from the bloc. After a last-minute threat from the main opposition Labour Party to call for a symbolic no confidence vote in the prime minister if no date was given, May said parliament would debate the deal in January, before a vote in the week beginning January 14. May is pressing on with her deal to leave the EU, rejecting calls for a second referendum or to test support for different Brexit options in parliament despite hardening opposition to the agreement to maintain close ties. After a tumultuous week in which she survived a no-confidence vote and sought last-minute changes to a Brexit agreement reached with Brussels last month, May said again that the choice was her deal, leaving without an agreement or no Brexit at all. “I know this is not everyone’s ...
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