London: Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday implored British MPs to back her reworked EU divorce deal but saw pro-Brexit Conservatives and opposition parties savage her bid for a compromise to end months of political crisis.
On the eve of European elections Britain had not expected to hold three years after the Brexit referendum, May urged lawmakers who have repeatedly rejected her plan to vote for it in early June so that the country can finally leave the bloc later in the summer.
“The opportunity of Brexit is too large and the consequences of failure too grave to risk further delay,” the prime minister, who has vowed to stand down following the crunch parliamentary vote, told the House of Commons.
