BREAKING: British Parliament seizes control of Brexit process from government
Parliament has voted to allow lawmakers to hold a series of indicative votes on various alternative Brexit options.
MPs are now voting on a cross-party amendment, backed by Conservative remainers Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve and Labour's Hilary Benn, which calls for a series of votes on alternative Brexit plans to take place on Wednesday. The amendment would essentially allow lawmakers to seize control of the Brexit process.
"It isn't about us. It’s not about your party. It is about doing the right thing and in this instance the right thing is to get this back to the British people."last week, over fears that they could be attacked by members of the public over the handling of Brexit.One of the stranger elements of today is how much of a broken record the House of Commons sounds.
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