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Brexit: Third Vote on May’s Deal Might Not Happen Next Week

Brexit: Third Vote on May’s Deal Might Not Happen Next Week
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By Staff, Agencies

UK Prime Minister Theresa May told ministers that a third vote on her Brexit withdrawal deal might not happen next week if there is not enough support.

May told the MPs in a letter on Friday: "If it appears there is not sufficient support to bring the deal back next week, or the House rejects it again, we can ask for another extension before April 12 - but that will involve holding European Parliament elections.”

The letter was leaked by a BBC reporter on Twitter.

After a two-day summit in Brussels, May secured a delay to the original departure date of 29 March to 22 May on the condition MPs approve her deal.

If May fails to win the MPs' backing, the UK will have until 12 April to propose a new plan, or the UK could face a chaotic departure from the bloc.

May’s Brexit deal has already been overwhelmingly rejected by MPs twice. She now has to change the minds of 75 or more MPs to get her deal approved, which she is due to bring back to the House next week.

After appearing to blame MPs for the Brexit chaos in a speech on Wednesday, she could be hard pressed to get them on her side. On Thursday, she appeared to change her tact and appealed to MPs.

However, the withdrawal agreement might not even be allowed to be brought back to the parliament after Commons Speaker John Bercow previously ruled another vote could not be held without "substantial" changes to the deal.

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