Britain\u2019s opposition Labour Party is set to vote against any Brexit deal reached by Prime Minister Theresa May and the lack of a viable exit from the European Union will force May from office before Christmas, a senior Labour lawmaker told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on March 29 and yet little is clear. There is, so far, no full exit agreement and some rebels in May\u2019s Conservative Party have threatened to vote down a deal if she clinches one. If rebels in her party do vote against a deal, the fate of May\u2019s government and the whole exit process would depend on Labour because she would not command the 320 votes needed to carry parliament.<\/p>\n
Emily Thornberry, Labour\u2019s foreign secretary in waiting, told the FT that a workable deal was \u201cjust not going to happen\u201d under May.<\/p>\n
Labour has set six tests for supporting any Brexit deal but Thornberry said she saw little chance of any May deal satisfying them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t see them coming back with a deal that is going to meet our six tests and I can\u2019t see them coming back with a deal that will unite the Tory party, for Heaven\u2019s sake?,\u201d Thornberry told the FT.<\/p>\n
Thornberry said there would need to be a national election within months given the likelihood that the prime minister would be defeated on the crucial vote on any Brexit deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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