Brexit Deal Crushed Again: May's Bill Rejected by 149 Votes
The margin wasn't even close. 391 to 242. Theresa May's revised Brexit deal crashed harder than her first attempt two months earlier—that one lost by 230 votes, the largest government defeat in British parliamentary history. May had flown to Strasbourg the night before, securing last-minute "legally binding" changes to the Irish backstop that she promised would satisfy her critics. It didn't. Even Geoffrey Cox, her own Attorney General, admitted the legal risk remained "unchanged." Within weeks, she'd announce her resignation, having failed three times to deliver the one thing she'd staked her premiership on. The vote that was supposed to "get Brexit done" instead guaranteed it wouldn't be done for another two years.
March 12, 2019
7 years ago
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