The frenzied maneuvering in Parliament showed how Brexit keeps propelling the country deeper into uncharted political territory, where centuries of unwritten rules and conventions are giving way to a brawl over the future of the world’s oldest democracy. nyti.ms
The European Union has granted a short extension to Brexit, provided Parliament approves the withdrawal deal it has twice rejected. Frustration with Britain’s political dysfunction is palpable in Brussels. nyti.ms
Brexit, “has discredited the British Parliament and shown the whole British political class in a thoroughly unserious light,” said an expert on Europe nyti.ms
The U.K. cabinet has approved the withdrawal agreement with the E.U. But, as always with Brexit, the topping of one hurdle only points the way to the next, in this case an all-out political war in Parliament, which must still approve the pact nyti.ms
