Out of options and at risk of losing control of the process of leaving the European Union, May dramatically announced she would quit if her MPs finally backed her withdrawal agreement.
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday offered to resign in a final bid to get parliament to back her Brexit deal, as MPs failed in their own attempt to break the deadlock that has plunged Britain into crisis.
“I know there is a desire for a new approach — and new leadership — in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations and I won’t stand in the way of that,” she told a packed meeting of her Conservative MPs. If her deal is passed by MPs this week, Brexit will happen on May 22 — but if not, she must return to Brussels before April 12 to explain what happens next.The British parliament is deeply divided over Brexit, reflecting splits in the country that voted 52% to 48% in 2016 to end its four-decade relationship with the EU.
The DUP says the “backstop” plan in the deal to keep open the border with EU member Ireland after Brexit poses an “unacceptable threat” to the United Kingdom’s political union. Frustrated by May’s refusal to change strategy, backbench MPs voted on Monday to stage their own series of votes which might set out an alternative plan. May’s cabinet ministers abstained.MPs were asked to vote yes or no to eight options — but there was no majority for any of them.
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