Democracy Dies in Darkness

May’s Brexit debacle reaches a new low

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January 16, 2019 at 12:59 a.m. EST

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On Monday, British Prime Minister Theresa May journeyed to the pottery manufacturing town of Stoke-on-Trent to deliver a final warning about the risks of Britain’s sliding out of the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. The deal on the table — the product of months of fitful negotiations with European counterparts and rancorous arguments at home — would get a vote in Parliament the following day. If it failed, the chances of a “no-deal” Brexit would increase.