Theresa May suffers second Brexit vote defeat
The British prime minister’s job, which she has clung to through one crisis after another, is now in greater peril than ever
London — UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was rejected once again by parliament on Tuesday night, throwing the country deeper into political crisis and raising the prospect that the divorce will be delayed or even reversed. May’s deal — renegotiated late on Monday night — was defeated by 391 votes to 242. That was less than the record 230-vote margin she suffered in January, but still a resounding repudiation of two years of painstaking work. With the deal all but dead, parliament will probably vote to postpone Brexit later this week, and MPs — including some of May’s own Cabinet — will likely try to manoeuvre to force the government to rip up its Brexit plans and start again. MPs are expected to move on Wednesday to take the chaotic no-deal option off the table. May told Parliament she would offer a free vote, meaning the government will not whip Conservative MPs to take a particular side. But there is a risk all they manage to do is postpone the drama for another few mo...
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