LONDON British lawmakers wrested control of the parliamentary agenda from the government for a day in a highly unusual bid to find a way through the Brexit impasse after Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal was rejected again. Lawmakers will now vote on a range of...
Mrs May, too, has made clear that she would not implement a proposal that ran counter to her election manifesto, which promised a clean break with the EU.
Monday's vote was put forward by Mr Oliver Letwin, a lawmaker in Mrs May's Conservative Party. The Prime Minister had earlier admitted that the deal she had agreed with the EU after two years of talks still did not have enough support to pass.
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