British MPs, in the House of Commons it seems are simply unable of breaking the Brexit deadlock. They voted against four possible alternative plans for Brexit Tuesday after also rejecting the government's deal with the EU three times. Prospects of a second referendum getting the indicative approval of parliament were talked up.
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The cabinet seemed split on any outcome for the Brexit. The indicative votes had been billed as the moment when Parliament might compromise
Proposed alternatives for retaining much closer economic ties after leaving the European Union, holding a second referendum or stopping Brexit to prevent a no-deal departure all failed to win a majority of votes in parliament.
The second referendum proposal garnered the most votes in favour — 280 — but was beaten by 292 votes against.
Post the voting, the government concluded that the government's plan was the best and the government hinted that it could be put before parliament once again this week. Parliament “has once again failed to find a clear majority for any of the options,” Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay told MPs after the vote.
“The default legal position is that the UK will leave the EU in just 11 days' time” without a deal,” he said.
Nick Boles, a Conservative MP who had proposed a plan for close ties with the EU after Brexit, announced he was leaving the party after the vote. “I have given everything to an attempt to find a compromise,” an emotional Boles told parliament.
One suggestion is a possible general election. But according to former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, it could infuriate voters.
Britain is on course to crash out of the European Union without an agreement over the terms of its divorce after British lawmakers' repeated refusal to approve a deal, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. British lawmakers failed on Monday to resolve the chaos around Britain's EU departure, leaving the future direction of Britain's exit from the bloc mired in confusion.”The British made the choice to leave the European Union, it's up to them to find ways to an agreement. For the moment they cant find this deal, so we are heading towards a no-deal
Brexit,” Le Maire told journalists after presenting his new book on Europe.
