Conservatives and Labour members rejected PM Theresa May’s latest attempt to get her Withdrawal Agreement through Parliament. The deal looked dead in the water, minutes after May’s speach.
Uncertainty around the ability of Theresa May to sustain her leadership remains a problem in the Labour Party’s Brexit negotiations with the Tories.
Backbench MPs fail to reach an agreement on rule changes that will cancel the one year vote of confidence regulation allowing them to challenge Theresa May as her popularity falls and her Brexit policy stalls.
Conservative Party backbenchers hope to change the rules on leadership challenges so that they can oust Theresa May, following last December’s failed bid. Members in local associations are also resuming the battle to remove the party leader.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Junker has ruled another short extension and Yvette Cooper’s new legislation have torpedoed Theresa May’s strategy for a rapid, pre-European election Brexit.
As the British Parliament votes on the Government’s motion for the Withdrawal Agreement, Prime Minister Theresa May heads for another defeat as Parliament is expected to take control of Brexit in today’s votes.
Prime Minister Theresa May has shoved Britain closer to a no deal Brexit by asking for a short extension to Article 50 leaving time for her deal or no deal as the only options. A move described as “downright reckless” by one of her own MPs.
The UK’s House of Commons has voted to ask the European Union for an extension to Article 50 following a series of votes on amendments that were all rejected by Parliament.
Brexit-Day in the United Kingdom is approaching with this week billed as a critical week in the process. Prime Minister Theresa May is battleing to save her deal and could fly to Strasbourg for more talks with the European Commission ahead of tomorow’s vote.
