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A deal, soft Brexit or reversal: Theresa May's uncertain endgame

Negotiators are working through the weekend to try to find tweaks to the deal May negotiated last year to make it more acceptable to Parliament

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File photo: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves church, near High Wycombe, Britain, January 20, 2019.

Emma Ross-Thomas | Bloomberg
Prime Minister Theresa May puts her Brexit deal back to Parliament on Tuesday to try to undo the historic defeat it suffered in January. It’s unlikely she will have secured enough concessions from Brussels to win over lawmakers, leaving her with just one strong card to play: If they vote down her deal, Brexit could be abandoned in all but name -- or even altogether.

May has promised that if members of Parliament reject her divorce treaty, they will then get a vote on whether to take the country out of the European Union into legal limbo -- an option
Topics : Brexit