PM concedes lack of support for [her] deal
Theresa May has urged MPs not to condemn Britain to a “slow Brexit” this week, as she conceded she did not yet have the support in parliament to bring back her deal for a third meaningful vote.
After gathering Brexit-backing grandees at her country retreat of Chequers on Sunday, and speaking to the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, and the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, on Monday, May said she had reached the conclusion she could not yet win the vote.
“I have had to conclude that as things stand, there is still not sufficient support in the house, to bring back the deal for a third meaningful vote,” she said, as she reported to MPs on last week’s European council summit.
May also came as close as she has done to ruling out a no-deal Brexit, stressing the damage it would do to the union – a message she also delivered to cabinet, according to government sources.
Theresa May has urged MPs not to condemn Britain to a “slow Brexit” this week, as she conceded she did not yet have the support in parliament to bring back her deal for a third meaningful vote.
After gathering Brexit-backing grandees at her country retreat of Chequers on Sunday, and speaking to the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, and the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, on Monday, May said she had reached the conclusion she could not yet win the vote.
“I have had to conclude that as things stand, there is still not sufficient support in the house, to bring back the deal for a third meaningful vote,” she said, as she reported to MPs on last week’s European council summit.
May also came as close as she has done to ruling out a no-deal Brexit, stressing the damage it would do to the union – a message she also delivered to cabinet, according to government sources.
“Unless this house agrees to it, no deal will not happen,” May said.
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