UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

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British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a potentially catastrophic

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows MPs as they put forward their motions for the indicative votes on alternative options for Brexit, in the House of Commons in London. Photo: AFP

It is yet another blow to a prime minister who has all but lost control of her government and the Brexit process — particularly after she offered to quit if MPs backed the deal. May has said it would be “unacceptable” to ask voters to take part in forthcoming European Parliament elections, three years after they voted in a 2016 referendum to leave the EU.

“She is, frankly, unable to govern,” opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said, urging her “either to listen and change course or to go”. The risk that MPs decide to agree closer ties to the EU, or even stop it altogether, has focused the minds of some Brexit supporters, who reluctantly agreed to back May’s deal.

“We are not prepared to see our constitutional position altered by Brussels in a fit of pique for daring to leave the EU,” said MP Sammy Wilson, the DUP’s Brexit spokesman.May’s offer to quit fired the starting gun on an informal race for the leadership of her Conservative party.

 

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