British Prime Minister Theresa May endured another humiliating blow in Parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers once more voted down her withdrawal plan from the European Union. The margin of defeat — 149 votes — was only a slight improvement from the 230-vote repudiation May’s deal received in January. May’s government is technically supposed to take Britain out of the European Union in just over two weeks’ time. In the beginning, she confidently declared that “Brexit means Brexit,” a point made to emphasize her government’s determination to execute the mandate of the referendum, no matter the cost. Now, it’s not clear whether Brexit will mean quite anything at all.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2019 04:59 UTC