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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

British lawmakers crushed Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union divorce deal on Tuesday March 12,2019

British lawmakers crushed Prime Minister Theresa May's European Union divorce deal on Tuesday March 12,2019 , thrusting Britain deeper into crisis and forcing parliament to decide within days whether to back a no-deal Brexit or seek a last-minute delay.



Labour's opposition - and the deal's rejection by 75 Brexiteer Tory rebels alongside the DUP - sunk Mrs May's motion last night


Lawmakers voted against May's amended Brexit deal by 391 to 242 as her last-minute talks with EU chiefs on Monday March 11,2019 to assuage her critics' concerns ultimately proved fruitless

The vote puts the world's fifth largest economy in uncharted territory with no obvious way forward; exiting the EU without a deal, delaying the March 29 divorce date, a snap election or even another referendum are all now possible.

Lawmakers will now vote at 1900 GMT on Wednesday March 13,2019  on whether Britain should quit the world's biggest trading bloc without a deal, a scenario that business leaders warn would bring chaos to markets and supply chains, and other critics say could cause shortages of food and medicines.
 



 

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