This is the THIRD thumbs down….
May could try again?
The Brit’s simply do NOT know what they are do with their try to leave the European Union….
Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons.
MPs voted by 344 votes to 286 to reject the key pillar of the deal, the Withdrawal Agreement — a majority of 58. May said the implications of the result were “grave,” adding “I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this house.”
The result means the U.K. will not meet an 11 p.m. deadline to approve the deal and forfeits an automatic extension of the Article 50 negotiating period until May 22 offered by the EU last week. The government must now, by April 12, present a new way forward to the EU, most likely involving a longer extension and requiring the U.K. to take part in European Parliament election. Otherwise the country will leave with no deal.
Immediately after the decision European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted that he would schedule an emergency summit. “In view of the rejection of the Withdrawal Agreement by the House of Commons, I have decided to call a European Council on 10 April,” he wrote.
Prime Minister Theresa May had attempted to persuade MPs to change tack by asking them to vote on the Withdrawal Agreement alone, in isolation from the accompanying Political Declaration on the future relationship. MPs are seeking a majority for alternative proposals that could be enshrined in the Political Declaration, and May’s government had indicated that these might play a role in shaping their next steps.
“I remain committed to the United Kingdom leaving the European Union … this is the last opportunity to save Brexit,” May told MPs in a speech closing the debate before the vote. “If we do not vote for this motion today, people will ask why did you not vote for Brexit.”
“Today’s motion is not about a blind Brexit, it is about a guaranteed Brexit,” she added, addressing Labour’s claim that by leaving out the Political Declaration it was not clear where Brexit was headed……
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Just to show HOW MESSED UP things are in the UK’s parliament?
They had a few more votes that did not pass on what to do for Brexit….
These lawmakers simply won’t accept ANY plan?
And despite her best effort’s
Theresa May is stillaround!