British lawmakers are trying to sort out a Brexit Plan B or C or D.
By Karla Adam and Karla Adam London correspondent covering the United Kingdom Email Bio Follow William Booth William Booth London bureau chief Email Bio Follow March 26 at 10:46 AM LONDON — Three days before Britain was supposed to leave the European Union, the country’s exit strategy was in disarray as Parliament exerted control over the Bexit process.
Britain is in a state of paralysis — still. Brexiteers are keen to point out that May promised more than 100 times that Britain would be leaving on March 29. But last week that deadline was punted to least April 12. Or she could call a general election. Or May could plough on — as she is wont to do — and continue trying to win support for her twice-defeated Brexit deal.On Monday, Parliament voted 329 to 302 to wrest control away from government ministers to hold a series of votes on its own proposals.
May has made it clear she doesn’t want “indicative votes” — they “overturn the balance of our democratic institutions,” she told Parliament. It’s not yet clear what the “indicative votes” will cover, or even how exactly they will work. Options could include include May’s deal, a Norway-style relationship with the E.U., a second referendum, a Canada-style free trade agreement, a no-deal Brexit or canceling Brexit altogether.
It’s possible, however, that the threat of a so-called soft Brexit, or even no Brexit at all, could help to swing the hardcore Brexiteers around to May’s deal, and that, the government hopes, could lead a kind of domino effect.
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