BREAKING: UK lawmakers yet again fail to agree on an alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, prolonging the country's political deadlock
UK lawmakers yet again fail to agree an alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan, prolonging the political deadlockThe division bell has rung in the House of Commons, meaning the results from Monday's indicative votes will be revealed in the next ten minutes.NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP/Getty Images
"It’s going to be another late night here trying to look at the results and ponder about whether they chart a way forward,” he added. One hardline Brexiteer MP, David Davies, scribbled a message on his ballot asking why a no-deal break wasn't included. The Commons Speaker, John Bercow, ruled earlier that voting on a no-deal split was moot, given that it is the current legal default.British MPs are voting on four Brexit options, in the second round of indicative votes that could find a way out of the country's political deadlock. They have 30 minutes to cast their ballots.
In the shadows of the cathedral, Jack Briggs, 60, a consultant, tells CNN that he and his wife voted to leave. It was about “getting control back on legislation, and border controls," says Briggs, who was raised in upstate New York but is now a British citizen. Last week, Steve Brine, the MP for Winchester, quit his post as a government minister to back parliament taking control of Brexit.
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