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UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal for third time

British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa Mays EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a chaotic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks.

The pound sank as lawmakers defied Mays plea to end the deadlock that has plunged Britain into a deep political crisis, defeating her withdrawal agreement by 344 votes to 286.

It is yet another blow to a prime minister who has all but lost control of her government and the Brexit process -- particularly after she offered to quit if MPs backed the deal.

Britain had been due to leave the EU on Friday, the long-heralded March 29 "Independence Day", but faced with deadlock in parliament, May asked European leaders last week for a little more time.

She now faces having to return in the coming days to explain what happens next, after EU Council President Donald Tusk immediately called a Brussels summit for April 10.

The EU has set a deadline for April 12 for a decision, with two likely options: Britain leaves with no deal at all, or agrees a lengthy extension to allow time for a new approach.

Grave implications

May has said it would be "unacceptable" to ask voters to take part in forthcoming European Parliament elections, three years after they voted in a 2016 referendum to leave the EU, a decision that has sharply divided the country.

"No deal" remains the default legal option, and the European Commission said after the vote that this remained the "likely scenario".

However, MPs have repeatedly voted against this, fearing catastrophe if Britain severs ties with its closest trading partner with no plan in place.

"I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House," May said after the vote, which she described as a "matter of profound regret".

"The implications of the Houses decision are grave," she said, adding: "This government will continue to press the case for the orderly Brexit that the result of the referendum demands."

Britain in limbo

The failure by parliament to agree the terms of its exit from European Union has left Britain in limbo, with business leaders and trade unions warning of a "national emergency."

Voters are divided, many of them anxious and angry, and May blames MPs -- but they in turn accuse her of refusing to countenance any alternative to her unpopular deal.


Pro-Brexit protesters gather outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on March 29, 2019 as MPs debate the EU Withdrawal Agreement for the third time. (Photo by AFP)

"It is clear that this House does not support the deal. This deal now has to change. There has to be an alternative found," opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said.

"And if the prime minister cant accept that then she must go, not at an indeterminate date in the future but now."

Tired of waiting, MPs this week gave themselves unprecedented powers to vote on a range of options for Britains future relationship with the EU.

A proposal for a new customs union got close to passing in a first round, as did a plan for a referendum on Mays deal, with more voting planned next Monday and Wednesday.

The risk that MPs decide to agree closer ties to the EU, or even stop the departure process altogether, focused the minds of some Brexit supporters, who reluctantly agreed to back Mays deal.

Her offer on Wednesday to quit if it passed also helped persuade some of her staunchest critics, including former foreign minister Boris Johnson.

But 34 of the 314 Conservative MPs voted against the deal, as did the 10 MPs in Mays Northern Irish allies, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

The party says planned arrangements to keep open the Irish border after Brexit -- the hated "backstop" plan -- is unacceptable.

"We are not prepared to see our constitutional position altered by Brussels in a fit of pique for daring to leave the EU," said MP Sammy Wilson, the DUPs Brexit spokesman.

Snap election?

Mays offer to quit fired the starting gun on an informal race for the leadership of her Conservative party.

Her resignation was dependent on getting the divorce deal passed -- and she might try one last time to get her deal through.

Even so, her days are numbered, as increasing numbers of Conservative MPs are openly talking about when, not if, she will step down.

Getting another vote on a deal would be tricky, as parliament speaker John Bercow has already warned he will not let her bring the same deal back again and again.

Under an agreement struck with EU leaders last week, Britain would have left on May 22 if MPs approved the deal this week.

Officials believe there is still a chance that, if she can get it through before April 12, this date is still possible. However, speculation is also growing that the only way out of the impasse is a snap election.

 

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