U.K. government officials fear a rebel group of 21 lawmakers ejected from the ruling Conservative Party could try to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after most forced him to ask the EU for a delay on.wsj.com
Most striking in Brexit is the deep cynicism among those who voted to leave, the group that Mrs. May is trying to satisfy. They are now equally bitter and disillusioned, as the paralysis has called into question whether Britain will ever leave. nyti.ms
“Nothing has changed.” A key group in Parliament said it still considers Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan unacceptable, which may dim its hopes for passage nyti.ms
The authority of Britain’s executive branch was diminished to a point not seen in recent history. The country watched an increasingly empowered group of backbench legislators take control of the government’s principal piece of Brexit legislation. nyti.ms
A faction of pro-Brexit lawmakers within the governing Conservative Party appeared unlikely to support Mrs. May’s deal after a group of its lawyers officially recommended that the lawmakers should not vote for it nyti.ms
