UK leader holds last-ditch Brexit talks with EU before vote
Source: Associated Press
By JILL LAWLESS and RAF CASERT an hour ago
LONDON (AP) Prime Minister Theresa May scrambled to win last-minute changes from the European Union to her Brexit deal Monday, a day before a crucial vote in Britains Parliament that could derail the countrys withdrawal from the EU and cost May her job.
May flew by Royal Air Force jet to Strasbourg, France, for talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, seeking a way to get reluctant British legislators to back a deal that they resoundingly rejected in January.
The House of Commons is due to hold a second vote on the plan Tuesday, but there are few signs either British lawmakers or EU leaders are prepared to make big shifts to stave off another defeat.
The EU is unwilling to reopen an agreement it spent a year and a half negotiating, while British legislators remain split over whether to leave the bloc and, if so, on what terms.
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Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)If that vote sees them reject a no-deal Brexit they are then due to vote on whether to request a delay to Brexit from the EU...
https://www.theweek.co.uk/100109/tories-tell-theresa-may-to-cancel-tomorrows-meaningful-vote
muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)because it'd be clear she's powerless and clueless, and makes promises to Parliament she has no intention of keeping. I suspect a few Remainer Tories might defect if she were to try such a thing. And I wonder if the DUP could, with hand on heart, say she's competent enough to help Northern Ireland.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/mar/11/brexit-latest-news-vote-tuesday-tories-suspect-may-could-pull-tuesdays-key-vote-after-talks-fail-to-deliver-progress-politics-live
https://www.democraticunderground.com/108815482
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)like the Cheshire Cat, both at Great Britain's house divided and the United States' Trump fiasco. He's played both of them masterfully, and two of the world's great democracies are in constant turmoil because of his devious intrusions. I absolutely hate the son-of-a-bitch.