Brexit debacle exposed: UK Parliament rejects all four alternatives to PM Theresa May’s deal too
- MPs have three times rejected Theresa May’s Brexit plan, but are also unable to agree on any other proposal
- A no-deal scenario looms, after ‘soft Brexit’ options narrowly failed to pass, as seminude protesters bared their buttocks from the public gallery
Britain’s Parliament has spoken – and it has said no, again.
Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country’s Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government’s unpopular European Union divorce deal that would have softened or even halted Britain’s departure.
With just 12 days until the UK must come up with a new plan or crash out of the bloc in chaos, the House of Commons threw out all four alternatives to Prime Minister Theresa May’s thrice-rejected Brexit deal – though in some cases by a whisker.
The absurdity of the situation was underscored by a by a semi-naked protest by climate activists in the public gallery, who spent almost 20 minutes with their buttocks facing the chamber during the Brexit debate.
The result leaves the government with a range of unpalatable choices. It can gamble on a fourth attempt to push May’s unloved deal through Parliament, let Britain tumble out of the bloc without a deal, or roll the dice by opting for a snap election to shake up Parliament.