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2019-01-15 Britain

BREAKING - Brexit: Theresa May's deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat

[BBC] Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in history.

MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election.

The confidence vote is expected to be held at about 1900 GMT on Wednesday.

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Mr Corbyn said it would allow the House of Commons to "give its verdict on the sheer incompetence of this government".

But DUP leader Arlene Foster said her party, which keeps Mrs May in power, would be supporting her in Wednesday's confidence vote.

She told the BBC MPs had "acted in the best interests of the entire United Kingdom" by voting down the deal.

But she added: "We will give the government the space to set out a plan to secure a better deal."

Some 118 Conservative MPs voted with the opposition parties against Mrs May's deal.

Only three Labour MPs supported the prime minister's deal: Ian Austin (Dudley North), Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) and John Mann (Bassetlaw).

Posted by Besoeker 2019-01-15 16:21|| || Front Page|| [31 views ] Top

#1 WTO deal is Britain's best deal.

May's deal was awful.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-01-15 16:26|| 2019-01-15 16:26|| Front Page Top

#2 May's deal made the UK a vassal to the EU. Glad it died. Guarantee that the establishment fucks will do all they can now to derail Brexit.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-01-15 17:15|| 2019-01-15 17:15|| Front Page Top

#3 The people I know in the UK, who will be visiting in a month, are pretty much gung ho europhiles.

They grew up in a system which views sovereignty and freedom as airy-fairy clap trap that doesn't mean anything, really.

Posted by AlanC 2019-01-15 19:25|| 2019-01-15 19:25|| Front Page Top

#4 When the UK embraced Europe they turned their back on the Commonwealth to some extent. Has May made any attempts to restore the old dynamic or create a free-trade zone with the commonwealth or something?

Posted by ruprecht 2019-01-15 20:41|| 2019-01-15 20:41|| Front Page Top

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