Theresa May's Brexit deal defeated by 149 votes in House of Commons
Image: PA Wire/PA Images Image: PA Wire/PA Images THE BREXIT WITHDRAWAL deal has been defeated again in the House of Commons, as had been widely expected.Speaking after the vote Theresa May told MPs that the government would now hold a debate tomorrow on whether the UK should leave without a deal.She said she believed there was still a majority in the House that wished to leave with a deal.
A motion on Thursday will offer MPs an option on whether they want an extension to Article 50 in the event that the no-deal option is rejected tomorrow. This evening’s vote came in the wake of last-minute measures announced last night by Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
However, advice from attorney general Geoffrey Cox published this morning put the likelihood of the deal making it through the House tonight in jeopardy. Earlier, the DUP said its MPs would not back it, while Tory Brexiteer group the ERG indicated it would not support the agreement and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said leaving without a deal was now the safest route out of the EU.
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