British MPs overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time on Tuesday, pitching Britain into the unknown just 17 days before it is due to split from the European Union.
British MPs rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time, plunging Britain into complete uncertainty with just over two weeks to go until its scheduled date of departure from the EU.
May has promised to allow MPs to vote on a"no deal" option on Wednesday and if that is rejected, to decide on Thursday whether to ask the EU to delay Brexit. "It looks like any hopes of an unlikely victory for the PM's deal later have just been extinguished," said XTB analyst David Cheetham. Overnight, following news of May's hard-won EU concessions, sterling had struck a three-week peak at $1.3289 and to 84.76 pence per euro -- a level last seen in May 2017.The UK's attorney general says a revised Brexit deal has not given Britain legal means of exiting the backstop unilaterally if"intractable differences" arise.
Britain's Attorney General Geoffrey Cox says a revised divorce deal with the European Union has not given Britain legal means of exiting the so-called backstop arrangement unilaterally if"intractable differences" arise. "MPs were clear that legal changes were needed to the backstop. Today, we have secured legal changes," Ms May said in Strasbourg, France.
European Union President Jean Claude Juncker said that if the deal does not go through British parliament tomorrow, there"will be no third chance".
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