Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal was up for a huge and historical vote yesterday. May had suggested that this was the final and best deal that Britain could hope for, and that Britain needed to walk away with something with the impending Brexit out of Europe.
However, her proposed measure was handed a crushing and humbling defeat by 230 votes. BBC News reports that this is "the largest defeat for a sitting government in history."
MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to defeat May's proposed deal, which would have set certain clear terms for the British exit out of the European Union (EU) on March 29th.
As a result, May will now likely face still another no-confidence vote of her leadership. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is leading the charge with the no-confidence vote, which could eventually lead to general elections and a possible change in power.
The British voted in the summer of 2016 in favor of a Brexit from the EU, which much of the world warned was a bad idea, much like the election of Donald Trump to the presidency in the United States months later. Many of those who voted in favor of the divorce were convinced that Britain would be better off on it's own, separate from the EU. But Britain's position has seemingly only weakened ever since the vote and the subsequent negotiations, which clearly have felt disastrous to the country. It is not at all clear that the United Kingdom will get much of anything in their favor with the actual Brexit looming near.
Brexit: Theresa May's deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat 15 January 2019:
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