Britain's Parliament is holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives in an attempt to break out of the current deadlock
In the June 23, 2016 ref erendum, 17.4 million voters, or 51.9 percent, backed leaving the EU while 16.1 million, or 48.1 percent, backed staying.
With just 12 days until the UK must come up with a new plan or crash out of the bloc, the House of Commons was considering a variety of options. Two ideas – staying in the EU customs union or holding a second referendum on Brexit – have emerged as the most likely plans to succeed.But the divorce deal she negotiated with the EU has been rejected by Parliament three times, leaving Britain less than two weeks from a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
May's spokesman, James Slack, said the prime minister "believes there is a majority in the House for leaving in an orderly way with a deal," and her agreement was the best on offer. The range of choices, and lack of consensus, reflect a Parliament and a government deeply divided over how – and whether – to leave the EU.
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