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Reuters reports Britain’s House of Lords approved legislation on Monday to give parliament the ability to change Prime Minister Theresa May’s request that the European Union delay Brexit until June 30. The legislation will now return to the House of Commons, where it could be turned into law. May already asked the bloc to allow Britain to remain in the UK until June 30 to have time to create a new deal, with input from the opposition Labour Party. However, lawmakers want legal guarantees that a “no-deal” exit will not happen on April 12, which is the currently scheduled departure day.
Britain’s next prime minister has to take the country out of the European Union to defeat the challenge of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party. That was the opinion of five of the six candidates for the job of prime minister, following PM Theresa May's imminent resignation. According to Reuters, all of the candidates except frontrunner Boris Johnson were taking part in a televised debate on Channel 4 television. They were: Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid, Rory Stewart and Dominic Raab.
Prime Minister Theresa May remained in power on Thursday after her last Brexit attempt failed. May has repeatedly failed to persuade parliament to approve her deal outlining the conditions of the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. The Prime Minister's most recent deal suggested a possible second referendum and closer trading arrangements with the EU Foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said May would still be prime minister when U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a visit on June 3. However, newspapers such as The Sun have reported rumors that May has been telling insiders that she wants to quit sooner.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is pressing on with efforts to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament. According to Reuters, May is meeting Conservative colleagues and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. May's spokesman said she is focused on getting Brexit through parliament adding that she continued to believe her agreement was the best available. May has offered to quit in return for the support of Conservative lawmakers for her deal.
According to Reuters, around 40 lawmakers have switched to supporting British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal but around 40 are still undecided. Sam Coates, The Times’ deputy political editor said that “One ERG source says 40 have switched to back deal, 40 undecided but it’s for each individual to declare before we’re sure." To get her deal approved, May needs 75 lawmakers to come over - dozens of rebels in her Conservative Party.
Boris Johnson, former British foreign minister and prominent eurosceptic, will now back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal after she promised to quit if it passes, the deputy political editor of The Times said on Wednesday. “Boris Johnson to switch sides and back the deal, source says. Promise of new leader to succeed May got him over the line,” Sam Coates said in a tweet.
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