This almost sounds like good news.
In an attempt to persuade MPs to vote for her unpopular Brexit withdrawal agreement, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has warned parliamentarians that no Brexit at all is more likely than no deal if they should vote her deal down.
As things stand, the European Union has remained steadfast on its position that it will not renegotiate the deal — meaning that May’s withdrawal agreement is the only way the UK can leave the EU with a deal.
Leaving the EU without a deal, however, would have major economic consequences, with some speculating that food and medicine would not be able to enter the UK.
As things stand, the UK’s transition period is set to elapse on 29 March. If no deal is struck before then, then a no-deal Brexit is what we’re left with.
In an address ahead of tomorrow’s crucial vote, May has said: “The only ways to guarantee we do not leave without a deal are: to abandon Brexit, betraying the vote of the British people, or to leave with a deal, and the only deal on the table is the one MPs will vote on tomorrow night.”
"It would be the height of recklessness" for MPs not to vote for Theresa May's deal, according to the PM.
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As it stands, forecasters are suggesting that the withdrawal agreement will be resoundingly defeated.
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