Brexit: EU repeal bill wins first Commons vote

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

1 hour ago UK Politics

The government's bid to extract the UK from EU law in time for Brexit has passed its first Parliamentary test.

MPs backed the EU Withdrawal Bill by 326 to 290 in a late-night vote despite critics saying it represented a "power-grab" by ministers.

The bill, which will end the supremacy of EU law in the UK, now moves onto its next parliamentary stage.

Ministers sought to reassure MPs by considering calls for safeguards over their use of new powers.

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[msongs]

1. uk needs europe way more than than europe needs the uk. too bad blokes nt

[DetlefK]

2. But the Brits cannot admit that. Isolationism is part of their culture.

This will be a rude awakening when Britain realizes that a service-centered economy won't keep it aloft.

[Ford_Prefect]

3. How much do you suppose Russian influences led to this?