This could on forever!
EU leaders agree to delay Brexit up until Oct. 31, giving Theresa May more time to push a divorce deal through Parliament….
WSJ@twitter
Frustrated European leaders abandoned hope Thursday that Britain would sort out its departure from the European Union anytime soon, slapping aside a proposal by Prime Minister Theresa May for a short delay and offering to extend Brexit until Halloween.
The offer avoids a chaotic departure by Britain on Friday. It also almost certainly locks Britain into elections for the European Parliament next month, which May has struggled mightily to avoid.
May wanted an extension to June 30 to seal a deal with her own divided lawmakers. The European leaders, talking Brexit for at least the 18th time and exasperated by Brexit “emergency summits,” wanted to free themselves from the chaos of British politics.
The Oct. 31 extension could end early if British lawmakers sign on to the E.U.’s unpopular terms of departure. Leaders also said they would review the membership in June.
May sat down with the E.U. leaders and was peppered with 45 minutes of questions to which she had few answers.
They were openly skeptical that her negotiations back home with the opposition Labour Party would produce a winning compromise…..
image….European Council President Donald Tusk, seated, speaks with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the E.U. summit in Brussels on Wednesday. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool/AP)
Theresa May agrees to set timetable to choose successor
BBC News, 4 hours ago
Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June.
The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street.
If she loses the vote on her Brexit plan, already rejected three times, sources told the BBC she would resign.
Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has said he will run for leader once Mrs May goes.
The prime minister survived a confidence vote by Conservative MPs at the end of last year and party rules mean she cannot formally be challenged again until December.
But Mrs May has come under increasing pressure to leave Downing Street this summer, amid the Brexit impasse and poor results for the Conservatives in the recent local elections in England….
more at https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48290760
Second time for this?
I get the impression that the Brits REALLY do NOT actually want to pull this off?