Theresa May hints she might call a general election to break the impasse. “I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House”
London — Cabinet ministers will attempt to take control of Brexit by telling Theresa May it is “time to embrace no deal” after her EU Withdrawal Agreement was rejected by MPs for a third time.
On the day that Britain was supposed to have left the EU, thousands of protesters gathered in Parliament Square to demand MPs deliver on the result of the 2016 referendum. Meanwhile, inside the Houses of Parliament, May lost the vote on her Withdrawal Agreement by a majority of 58 as MPs declared the deal “dead”.
One Cabinet minister said: “Cabinet needs to vote and decide on the Government position. David Cameron did it before the referendum when he asked ministers to put on record their positions. We have got to put our names to something. The Remainers clearly want a customs union as an alternative but there isn’t a majority for that — it would destroy the party.
Although no one idea achieved a majority, the idea of a customs union lost by just six votes and a second referendum was rejected by just 27 votes. Number 10 would then try to persuade the EU to extend its offer of a May 22 departure date, despite the offer expiring yesterday.
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