Talks to end Brexit deadlock collapseBy The Manila TimesLONDON: Britain’s Labor opposition on Friday pulled the plug on six weeks of talks on a Brexit compromise with Prime Minister Theresa May, blaming the “weakness and instability” of her government. The discussions “have now gone as far as they can,” Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a letter to May, pointing to “important policy gaps” between the two sides. MPs are due to vote for a fourth time in early June on the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the EU. The timetable is likely to mean a new Conservative leader, and therefore prime minister, should be in place before the party’s annual conference in September. The Brexit Party were on 35 percent, the Liberal Democrats 16 percent, Labour 15 percent, the Greens 10 percent, the Conservatives nine percent, Change UK five percent and UKIP three percent.

Source: Manila Times May 17, 2019 11:15 UTC