LONDON: Britain's parliament on Thursday (Mar 14) voted to ask the European Union to delay Brexit until at least June and head off a chaotic end ...
LONDON: Britain's parliament on Thursday voted to ask the European Union to delay Brexit until at least June and head off a chaotic end to their 46-year partnership in two weeks.
"I will tell you, I'm surprised at how badly it's all gone from the standpoint of a negotiation," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he met Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. They voted on Wednesday not to leave without an agreement but still lacked a clear roadmap on the way forward three years after Brexit was launched in a bitterly divisive referendum.
"Parliament's rejection of no deal and desire for an extension shows there is still some common sense in Westminster," the influential CBI business lobby tweeted after the vote.ANOTHER VOTE He reflected Brussels' long-standing position that a closer relationship is possible if May is willing to compromise - notably by abandoning her opposition to joining an EU customs union.
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