
May calls for cabinet showdown as MPs reject all Brexit options
2019-04-02 10:56:53 source:The Guardian
April 1, 2019
Theresa May will summon her warring cabinet to Downing Street for a five-hour showdown on Tuesday after parliament once again failed to coalesce behind any alternative to her rejected Brexit deal.
Three options – a common market, a customs union and a second referendum – were all narrowly rejected in the process of indicative votes, prompting renewed talk of a swift general election.
After Conservative MPs failed to support any option in sufficient numbers, there were immediate recriminations in the House of Commons chamber.
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