The House of Lords has voted to give parliament a veto over the final outcome of Theresa May’s Brexit negotiations, inflicting a second defeat on the government’s article 50 bill. “Everyone in this house knows that we now face the most momentous peacetime decision of our time,” he said. The Brexit bill will now return to the House of Commons with the amendment forcing May to have a vote on her Brexit deal and another guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens. This will send the Brexit bill back to the House of Lords, which may end up backing down and acknowledging the supremacy of the Commons. But the House of Lords decided that the promise of a parliamentary vote on the outcome of the Brexit talks with the EU must be set down in legislation.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2017 18:49 UTC