Anonymous ID: f02ef4 Dec. 10, 2018, 4:38 a.m. No.4238321   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8334

Brexit vote delayed?

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46509288

 

Theresa May is to make a statement to MPs at 15:30 GMT amid reports Tuesday's vote on her Brexit deal is being delayed.

 

That will be followed by a statement from Commons leader Andrea Leadsom - and then a statement from the Brexit secretary on Article 50.

 

Two cabinet sources have told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg Tuesday's planned Brexit vote will be delayed.

 

There is not yet any official confirmation of the move.

 

Downing Street had been insisting the vote would go ahead, despite Mrs May being widely expected to lose it.

 

A third Cabinet source has told the BBC the vote is "definitely off".

 

UK can cancel Brexit, says EU court

Mrs May has been trying to convince MPs to back her deal by suggesting the Northern Ireland backstop - the main item they object to - could be modified.

 

She has also been speaking to EU leaders about re-opening the withdrawal agreement, something both sides have previously ruled out.

 

It comes as the European Court of Justice ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members.

 

European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said the EU would not renegotiate the Withdrawal Agreement.

 

In a press briefing, she said: "We take note of the Court of Justice judgment today on the irrevocability of Article 50.

 

"We have an agreement on the table which was endorsed by the European Council in its Article 50 format on the 25th November.

 

"As President Juncker said, this deal is the best and only deal possible. We will not renegotiate - our position has therefore not changed and as far as we are concerned the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union on 29 March, 2019."

 

The pound fell 0.4% against the US dollar to £1.26, following reports the Brexit vote would be delayed. Against the euro, the pound was down 0.6% at £1.10.