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AFP
London
Prime Minister Theresa May risks another humiliating Brexit defeat at the hands of her own eurosceptic MPs on Thursday, with just weeks to go until Britain officially leaves the EU.
Parliament will hold a symbolic vote endorsing May’s Brexit strategy but Conservative Party hardliners could abstain, threatening defeat for May. Eurosceptics in the party’s European Research Group are worried that a vote in favour could be seen as ruling out leaving the European Union without a deal.
“Conservative MPs really ought not to be associated with anything, express or implied, which seems to take no deal off the table,” said leading ERG member Steve Baker.
“Compromising no deal would be the daftest negotiating strategy and not in the national interest.”
A senior source within the ERG said the group would abstain, according to the Daily Telegraph, which would spell almost certain defeat for May given Labour’s opposition to the motion.
London
Prime Minister Theresa May risks another humiliating Brexit defeat at the hands of her own eurosceptic MPs on Thursday, with just weeks to go until Britain officially leaves the EU.
Parliament will hold a symbolic vote endorsing May’s Brexit strategy but Conservative Party hardliners could abstain, threatening defeat for May. Eurosceptics in the party’s European Research Group are worried that a vote in favour could be seen as ruling out leaving the European Union without a deal.
“Conservative MPs really ought not to be associated with anything, express or implied, which seems to take no deal off the table,” said leading ERG member Steve Baker.
“Compromising no deal would be the daftest negotiating strategy and not in the national interest.”
A senior source within the ERG said the group would abstain, according to the Daily Telegraph, which would spell almost certain defeat for May given Labour’s opposition to the motion.
