UK MPs set to vote for delay to Brexit Day
In yet another day of hyper activity in the House of Commons, British MPs will return on Thursday to debate and then vote on delaying the March 29 Brexit Day deadline that was set in motion after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) in a referendum in June 2016.
The latest vote follows a decisive rejection by Parliament on Wednesday night to rule out leaving the EU without any deal, in two separate votes.
British Prime Minister Theresa May soldiered on amid a further blow to her leadership and told the Commons that leaving the 28-member economic bloc without any deal in place by March 29 remains the default option unless a new vote calls for a delay and then the EU accepts such an extension.
Meanwhile, May will also make a third attempt to get her withdrawal agreement passed through, after it was rejected by huge margins in two previous votes in January and then again earlier this week.
"If the House finds a way in the coming days to support a deal, it would allow the ...