Analysis: Brexit may no longer mean Brexit
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Massive majority from across the House of Commons voting down the Prime Minister's deal yet again. pic.twitter.com/FuWvNX7QjJ Now, it’s not clear whether Brexit will mean quite anything at all. On Wednesday, Parliament will hold another vote on whether Britain should leave the European Union by March 29 without a deal in place. Experts have warned that a “no-deal” scenario would pose inordinate risks to the country’s economy, paralyzing trade, creating havoc at ports of entry and wrecking supply chains used to outfit everything from supermarkets to hospitals.
They may come up with an answer the prime minister won’t like: Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform, suggested to my colleagues that Parliament would take greater control of the Brexit process and push for a softer Brexit. That could split the Conservative Party and produce a renewed attempt to oust May from Downing Street, said Grant.
Instead of demanding a new referendum, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the head of the opposition, urged the government to consider a “soft” Brexit that would keep Britain within a customs union with the European Union. He also said it was time for a general election. Johnson was one of the main cheerleaders of the Brexit campaign, who promised that breaking free from Brussels would somehow put Britain on a path toward greater prosperity and power on the world stage. Instead, observers now point to the hubris, delusion and actual lies that brought the Leave campaign to victory.
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