House of Commons takes control of Brexit
LONDON — MPs in Westminster tonight voted to wrestle control of the parliamentary timetable from the government to debate a series of alternative Brexit plans.
The House of Commons voted by 329 votes to 302 (a majority of 27) in favour of an amendment tabled by the backbench Tory MP Oliver Letwin along with members of Labour, the Lib Dems, the Scottish National Party and the Independent Group. Richard Harrington, a junior minister in the business department resigned to vote in favor of the amendment, the BBC reported.
The vote clears space on Wednesday for a debate on ways out of the crisis caused by parliament's refusal to support the Brexit deal agreed between London and Brussels in November.
The vote sets up a frenzied 48 hours of drama which could culminate in MPs supporting a softer form of Brexit or a second referendum in a series of "indicative votes" setting out their preferred way forward.
In a statement to the House of Commons Monday, Theresa May indicated that it will not be bound by the results of the votes — which have no legal force. The prime minister said she was "skeptical" about the plan, warning that similar attempts had produced "contradictory outcomes or no outcome at all.”
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I'm not familiar enough with the UK system to know exactly what is happening but it seems like their own version of a constitutional crisis. I love that this vote is a defeat for May, though. 
Hopefully Wednesday's votes will indicate political strength toward the idea of them staying in the EU, although I know that is a long way away from being likely at this point.
