The 'first losers are the British people,' French president Emmanuel Macron said, speaking before Tuesday night's Brexit deal defeat. He went on to cast doubt over any chances the European Union would renegotiate Britain's exit deal: 'We already went as far as we could.' Speaking in Normandy not long before Britain's parliament voted 432-202 against the proposed divorce deal, the French leader said the British people had been manipulated into voting for something that didn't actually exist. He wished the country's representatives 'good luck' in figuring out a way to leave the EU on 29 March without a clear plan

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2019 00:47 UTC