Parliament rejected Theresa May's plan for Brexit for a third time on Friday. Here's what happens next.
The result means Britain is due to leave the EU on April 12 unless it agrees a lenghty delay with the EU.The UK Parliament could move this week to force May into a softer Brexit.
Two previous votes on her wider Brexit package had already been rejected by large margins. However, the prime minister had hoped that separating the withdrawal agreement — which deals with divorce issues from the EU — from the political declaration — which deals with the future UK-EU relationship — would be able to secure her a majority.
Parliament is trying desperately to find a Brexit compromise that could command a majority in the Commons. The first round of indicative votes was held on Wednesday. Supposing parliament did vote in favour of a customs union, would May move to negotiate such a deal? The EU would almost certainly be willing to re-open the political declaration and include permanent customs union membership as a condition of the future UK-EU relationship.
Responding to the result Theresa May hinted that it could be on the cards, telling MPs that"I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House."
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