Britain's Labour opposition has called off Brexit talks blaming the "weakness and instability" of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's governmentLONDON - Britain's Labour 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. The main opposition leader said he would therefore continue to oppose the government's deal in parliament, although he would "carefully consider any proposals the government wishes to bring forward to break the Brexit deadlock". Britain's EU exit date has been twice pushed back, from March 29 to October 31. 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: Bangkok Post May 17, 2019 10:18 UTC