Coveney downbeat after May’s revised plan defeated in Commons Political Editor A disorderly Brexit is now “closer” than ever after British prime minister Theresa May suffered a second humiliating defeat over her revised Brexit plan, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said. In Dublin, Mr Coveney struck a downbeat note saying a no-deal Brexit “looks closer now than it did only a few hours ago”. We here in Dublin will continue to plan for a no-deal Brexit, which of course looks closer now than it did a few hours ago. The Commons’ second rejection of the EU-UK Brexit deal has “significantly increased” the risk of a damaging no-deal divorce, said a spokesman for European Council president Donald Tusk. Ultimately, some 75 Leave and Remain Conservative MPs united to rebel and condemn Ms May’s Brexit deal to another major defeat.

Source: Irish Examiner March 13, 2019 04:30 UTC