Brexit: Theresa May’s EU deal rejected by Parliament. In a humiliating defeat, British MPs rejected PM Theresa May’s withdrawal deal in 202-432 vote
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British prime minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal has been defeated in Parliament. It comes after Tuesday saw the prime minister’s supporters putting out an eleventh-hour appeal to win round critics.
Under the terms of an amendment passed last week, she must table a motion on her Plan B within three days. Mrs May said she would make time for a debate on the motion on Wednesday.
May’s Brexit deal has been rejected by 230 votes – the largest defeat for a sitting government in history. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain’s exit from the EU on 29 March.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has now tabled a vote of no confidence in the government, which could trigger a general election.
Mr Corbyn said the confidence vote would allow the Commons to “give its verdict on the sheer incompetence of this government”.
Mrs May earlier made a last ditch attempt to win support from MPs in the Commons
Wrapping up a final debate, the prime minister predicted the vote would be a “historic decision” which would “set the future of our country for generations”.
She told the House: “I believe we have a duty to deliver on the democratic decision of the British people, and to do so in a way that brings our country together.”
Jeremy Corbyn said that Labour would be voting down the deal.