UK government warns it might not hold pivotal Brexit vote

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London has been paralysed by political inaction and chaos as it barrels toward the March 29 end of its 46-year involvement in the bloc without a plan.

But May warned on Sunday that another defeat would almost certainly require a delay so long that Britain would have to take part in European Parliament elections in May.

This would mean"we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever," May wrote in The Sunday Telegraph. Two of her top ministers then warned that May might not even submit her deal for a third vote unless sheSome European ministers have suggested postponing Brexit until the end of 2020. A delay that long could give Britain time to decide to either keep much closer EU ties or even have Brexit reversed in a new national poll -- two options welcomed by a range of European officials.

 

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