UK MPs want Theresa May to follow the Brexit plans they can agree on
Legislators have wrested control of UK parliament in an attempt to break the impasse, with May hoping they’ll get behind her
London — On Tuesday, British legislators called on Prime Minister Theresa May to heed whatever alternative Brexit strategy they can settle on after they attempted to break the impasse by grabbing control of the process in parliament. The government insisted the deal May agreed with the EU in November after more than two years of negotiation remains the only way forward for taking Britain out of the bloc. That deal has been voted down twice in parliament. May hopes law makers, who want an abrupt, no-deal Brexit, will now fall in behind her or risk seeing a long delay, which could end up with Britain remaining closer to the EU or not leaving at all. In the latest twist in Britain’s Brexit drama, on Monday, law makers wrested control of parliamentary time to vote on a range of Brexit options on Wednesday. Three junior ministers resigned to defy the government line. May responded by saying her government would not be bound by the results of the so-called indicative votes. But law makers...
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