UK Prime Minister Theresa May told the parliament yesterday that her Brexit agreement is “not everyone’s perfect deal” but a “compromise”. But she warned that “if we let the perfect be the enemy of the good then we risk leaving the EU with no deal”. And she emphasized that “avoiding no deal is only possible if we can reach an agreement or if we abandon Brexit entirely.” She al repeated that EU had offered “further clarifications” on the Irish backstop and she’s seeking “further political and legal assurances”. On the timing of the vote, May said debate on the Brexit deal with resume in the week beginning Monday January 7. Vote will be held in the following week, that is, the week beginning January 14.
Opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn lodged a motion of no-confidence in May for delaying the Brexit deal vote as “this is unacceptable in any way whatsoever”. Corbyn also criticized May as the architect of a constitutional crisis, “leading the most shambolic and chaotic government in modern British history”. But the results of such vote would be non-binding, even if it takes place.
