BREAKING: British PM Theresa May has reportedly told a party meeting she will step down before the next phase of Brexit negotiations
, legislators on Wednesday grabbed control to have so-called indicative votes on Brexit, with options ranging from a much closer post-exit alignment with the EU to leaving without a deal or revoking the divorce papers.
She is expected to indicate a date for her departure at a showdown with Conservative Party lawmakers at a meeting of the 1922 Committee in Westminster about early on Thursday morning.AAP "The prime minister might get a deal over the line on Thursday or Friday," said Oliver Letwin, a Conservative former cabinet minister who has led parliament's unusual power grab."If she does, no one would be happier than I am."
Opponents fear Brexit will divide the West as it grapples with both the unconventional US presidency of Donald Trump and growing assertiveness from Russia and China.
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