British lawmakers for the second time rejected the agreement that Theresa May had negotiated on the terms under which the U.K. would leave the European Union. WSJ’s Max Colchester explains what happens next for Brexit. Photo: U.K. ParliamentLONDON—British lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal for a second time, making a delay in the U.K.’s scheduled March 29 departure from the European Union all but inevitable and intensifying political turmoil and business uncertainty. The heavy defeat on Tuesday—by 391 votes against to 242 in favor—opens a new chapter in Britain’s chaotic exit from the EU, a process that has already cost banks and companies billions, riven British society and splintered its political landscape.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 12, 2019 19:23 UTC