British lawmakers from across the political spectrum will press their bid to force Prime Minister Theresa May to give parliament a vote on her negotiating strategy for leaving the European Union, saying she had no mandate for a "hard Brexit". The British currency is particularly sensitive to any suggestion that the country might be heading towards a "hard Brexit", or a clean break from the EU's single market of 500 million consumers. Priti Patel, the minister for international development who campaigned to leave the EU, said parliament already had the opportunity to debate and discuss Britain's divorce from the EU. "The job of government is to deliver the result of the referendum," she also told the BBC. "This is not about using parliament as a vehicle to subvert the democratic will of the British public."

Source: Egypt Independent October 16, 2016 11:15 UTC