Britain’s main parties gird for no-deal Brexit battle
Labour and Conservatives hope to win back votes for eurosceptic Nigel Farage’s new movement and other smaller parties in European elections
London — Britain’s two main parties set the stage on Monday for a battle over a no-deal Brexit, hoping to win back voters who abandoned them for a new movement led by eurosceptic Nigel Farage and other smaller parties in European elections. After a punishing night when acrimonious divisions over Britain’s departure from the EU were plain to see, contenders for the leadership of the governing Conservatives said the results were a demand to deliver Brexit no matter what. Taking a different tack, the opposition Labour Party said a public vote — a new national election or second referendum — was the way to reunite the country. It pledged to make sure any new eurosceptic Conservative leader would not take Britain out of the EU without a transition deal to help protect the economy. But with Farage’s Brexit Party, which prefers a no-deal Brexit, capturing the greatest number of votes for seats in the European parliament, closely shadowed by a group of fervently pro-EU parties, Conservati...
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