LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Tuesday to give lawmakers a vote on holding a second Brexit referendum as part of her final effort to salvage her hated EU divorce deal. The most eye-catching is a promise to give lawmakers a chance to set a confirmatory referendum on whatever version of Brexit they end up approving in the weeks or months to come. “The government will, therefore, include in the Withdrawal Agreement Bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum,” she said. She called them “a new Brexit deal” that Britain must now rally behind. And right now, it is slipping away from us.”‘Harder than anticipated’The last vote on the Brexit deal in March was the closest.

Source: Pakistan Today May 21, 2019 21:11 UTC