Theresa May survives no-confidence vote but Brexit still in crisis
The British prime minister will now open talks with rival parties in the hope of finding a blueprint that parliament can agree to support
London — British leader leader Theresa May narrowly survived an attempt to oust her government on Wednesday after a crushing defeat for her Brexit plan. The prime minister fought off the threat of an immediate national election and won the right to continue running the country when the House of Commons voted 325 to 306 against a motion of “no confidence” in her administration. On finding out she won, May invited other party leaders to meet as soon as Wednesday night to talk about the way forward. Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the socialist main opposition Labour party, said May must rule out a no-deal Brexit as a pre-condition for those discussions. The slim margin of May’s victory was not a surprise as she has no overall majority in the Commons and relies on support from the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party to prop up her government. While the result brings short-term respite for May, the UK remains locked in a political crisis over its divorce from the European Union, with ...
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