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3 days, 3 key votes: How the Brexit unicorn has damaged British democracy

Three experts on the European Union consider the lasting effects of the delay and uncertainty

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File photo of British Prime Minister Theresa May in the cabinet office . Photo: Reuters

Scott L Greer, Garret Martin and Holly Jarman | The Conversation
  • On March 12, the British Parliament overwhelmingly rejected – for a second time – a Brexit plan worked out by Prime Minister Theresa May.

  • A day later, the lawmakers voted against a “hard Brexit” – one without any approved plan.

  • Then, on March 14, British lawmakers voted 412 to 202 to delay an exit from the European Union, which had been planned for March 29. They also voted not to call a second referendum to allow the British people to accept or reject Prime Minister May’s Brexit plan.

Three experts on the European Union consider the lasting effects of the delay and uncertainty.