British Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a stark warning to lawmakers that if they do not back her Brexit deal, there is the possibility the country
Her appeal comes after a chaotic week in parliament in which MPs twice massively rejected the Brexit deal May struck with EU leaders with just two weeks left before Britain is due to leave the bloc.
Acknowledging it was “not an ideal outcome”, May said “it is something the British people would accept if it led swiftly to delivering Brexit.” “The idea of the British people going to the polls to elect MEPs three years after voting to leave the EU hardly bears thinking about.May warned that if MPs failed to back her deal before the European Council summit, “we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever”.
But the deal has remained deadlocked in parliament, chiefly by disagreement over the so-called Irish “backstop” — a measure to avoid barriers at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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