Here's what you should know about the latest Brexit trainwreck

Theresa May postponed a crucial Brexit vote Monday, the most recent installment in a series of chaotic developments.

LUKE BARNES
DEC 10, 2018, 12:02 PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May called off a crucial Parliament vote on the U.K.’s Brexit deal Monday, the latest example of the chaos surrounding the U.K.’s attempt to leave the European Union.

Earlier in November, May’s government published the full, 600-page draft of its Brexit deal, laying out a specific plan for how it would leave the EU before the looming deadline on March 29, 2019. Unsurprisingly, hardline Brexiteers, including many within May’s Conservative Party, hated the deal because it struck a compromise with the EU, extending the transition period for which the U.K. would remain part of the EU’s single market.

May needed to get the deal through Parliament, but it became clear on Monday that Conservative Party rebels would deal May a devastating defeat. As a result, May called off the vote, and Bloomberg News reported she planned to head back to Brussels this Thursday to see if she could get any further compromises from the EU.

May was reportedly prepared for a close defeat, which would have allowed her to re-negotiate some cosmetic changes in the deal with the EU and then pass it in a second vote. The sheer scale of the Conservative rebellion, however — 100 MPs have reportedly denounced the deal — means May will have to get significant concessions from Brussels, which the EU has already said it won’t do.

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