The UK’s House of Commons is holding a crucial vote on the deal reached between Prime Minister Theresa May’s government and the EU on Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc on March 29.
May is widely expected to lose heavily – with the opposition being so vociferous that one heavily pregnant MP even put off a caesarean operation to be present and vote against.
The expected defeat will raise fresh questions over May’s political future, although her conservative government is expected to win a no-confidence vote which the Opposition Labour Party is expected to present.
A ‘no’ vote will also raise even deeper questions on the future of the Brexit process itself.
The Labour Party is calling for a general election and a new government to re-negotiate the Brexit deal, but the European Union says it is not keen to reopen talks in any substantive manner.
Other alternatives include a second referendum – which May vehemently opposes – an extension of the Brexit date for possible fresh negotiations, a ‘no deal’ Brexit which will see the UK and the EU parting ways without any agreement, or ending the Brexit process altogether.
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