If the no-deal option is defeated, they will vote on whether to seek a delay to Brexit. Because a majority of lawmakers opposes a "no-deal" Brexit, Parliament's choice is effectively between backing May's deal and postponing Britain's departure from the EU. "I don't want to see an extension," she said, adding that any delay to Brexit should be "as short as possible". "My suspicion is that any delay to Brexit is a plot to stop Brexit," said leading Conservative Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg. "A temporary extension does not rule out a no-deal Brexit; it merely moves the cliff-edge back a few weeks," said anti-Brexit Conservative Dominic Grieve.

Source: News 24 February 26, 2019 17:37 UTC