May says BREXIT vote will ‘definitely’ go ahead

Theresa May has warned the UK faces “uncharted territory” if Parliament rejects her Brexit deal as she vowed to redouble her efforts to win MPs round.

Next week’s vote would “definitely” go ahead, she told the BBC, as she promised new safeguards for Northern Ireland and to look at giving MPs more say in shaping future EU negotiations.

Meanwhile DW reports that the deputy leader of Northern Ireland’s DUP wants Theresa May to demand strong changes to a backstop provision in her Brexit deal. May faces an uphill battle in getting the deal passed without the DUP’s support.

Discover more from The Dispatch

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading

Verified by MonsterInsights