Theresa May begs EU to allow her to postpone Brexit as chaos reigns in Westminster
Theresa May has begged the EU to allow her to postpone Brexit for three months because of the chaos at Westminster.But it has also emerged that the Prime Minister intents to bring her bring twice-defeated deal back to the House of Commons next week.
In what some commentators are describing as a begging letter, the British Prime Minister has pleaded with Brussels for more time as the Brexit deadline of March 29 looms. In the letter to Mr Tusk which came exactly 1,000 days after the 2016 referendum Mrs May says she her “Government intends to bring forward proposals for a third meaningful vote”, even though the two previous ones have been rejected by the House of Commons.
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