Newsdeck: U.K.'s Brexit Stalemate Deepens Despite May's Promise to Quit By Bloomberg
Members of Parliament voted on Wednesday on eight possible options for a new Brexit strategy — including one modeled on Norway’s relations to the EU and another proposing a new referendum — but rejected every one of them.
May’s desperate gamble seemed at first to be working, as several pro-Brexit Tories — including Boris Johnson and Iain Duncan Smith — told colleagues they would support her divorce agreement, according to people familiar with the matter. According to people in the room, an emotional May made her pledge in an attempt to persuade Tories to vote for her agreement before it’s too late. The EU has set Britain a deadline of Friday to ratify the divorce agreement, so the country can then leave the bloc on the later-than-planned date of May 22.
That suggests the most likely outcome would be a long extension to the negotiations, potentially lasting more than a year, during which time pro-Brexit campaigners increasingly fear their dream of leaving the EU could be brought to a halt.
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