May seeks Brexit delay after third vote on her deal is derailed.
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union to delay Brexit by at least three months after her plan to hold a third vote on her fraught divorce deal was thrown into disarray by a surprise intervention from the speaker of parliament.
May had earlier warned parliament that if it did not ratify her deal, she would ask to delay Brexit beyond June 30, a step that Brexit's advocates fear would endanger the entire divorce. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said Britain must present a detailed plan on how to push the May's deal through parliament in order to get EU approval for an extension,
British lawmakers will in any case be able to debate ways to break the Brexit impasse from Monday, May's spokesman said. If Britain left with no deal, it would tumble out of the EU's 500-million-strong single market and customs union overnight, falling back on World Trade Organisation rules that could mean many import and export tariffs. It would face the prospect of manufacturing and financial market disruptions, sharp economic contraction and border hold-ups..
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