British MPs vote to ask for Brexit delay.
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.
Anxious businesses are pleading for action and US President Donald Trump waded in to pronounce himself"surprised to see how badly it has all gone". 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 -
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