The House of Commons rejected all four
alternative Brexit plans in another series of votes last night Monday April 01,2019, leaving
Britain with no clear plan just 10 days before a possible cliff-edge
exit.
MPs rejected a customs union and
a Norway-style agreement, dealing a blow to Remainer hopes of a soft
Brexit, and also voted against a second referendum.
The
customs union plan proposed by longstanding Tory Europhile Kenneth
Clarke was closest to victory - losing by just three votes, 276 to 273.
None of the four proposals tabled in Parliament found a
majority in the latest round of non-binding votes.
Four Options Rejected
- Customs union with the EU - 276 to 273 DEFEATED
- Common market 2.0 - Norway-style soft Brexit - 282 to 261 DEFEATED
- Second referendum to approve any Brexit deal - 292 to 280 DEFEATED
- Revoke Brexit to avoid No Deal - 292 to 191 DEFEATED
MPs have now rejected 12 'indicative vote' motions and approved none,
after trouncing Theresa May's withdrawal agreement three times.
The UK has less than
two weeks to find a plan for its departure from the EU, or it will
crash out without a deal.
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