REJECTED DEALHer government was scrambling to convince Brexit-supporting MPs to drop their opposition and support the twice-rejected deal. May had hoped to win last-ditch approval for her plan by Wednesday, before heading to an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday and seeking a short technical delay to Brexit until June 30. CRISISSolicitor-General Robert Buckland, a Conservative MP who gives legal advice to the government, told the BBC Bercow had plunged Britain into "a major constitutional crisis". British junior Brexit minister Kwasi Kwarteng told MPs the government expected European leaders to decide on the extension request at the summit, with legislation to change the UK's exit date then following next week. Former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson, a pro-Brexit figurehead, urged her to use the EU summit to wring more concessions out of the bloc before risking a third vote.

Source: Daily Nation March 19, 2019 04:18 UTC