May, her voice hoarse, told Parliament on Tuesday hours ahead of a scheduled vote that "if this deal is not passed then Brexit could be lost." pic.twitter.com/xiQ3JLwlGb —@DamianCollinsDamian Collins was among the Conservative MPs who said they still couldn't vote for May's deal after Cox gave his legal opinion. Cox, meanwhile, reacted dismissively with the one-word tweet "bollocks" to the suggestion by a journalist that he was pressured by the government to validate May's Brexit deal assurances against his will. The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29. British lawmakers, who on Jan. 15 voted 432-202 against May's deal, were studying the assurances with lawyers.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2019 09:08 UTC