Embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May, faces another day of Brexit grilling before legislators today, with the opposition Labour Party opening the door for a new referendum on leaving the European Union.
UK legislators will debate and vote on the next steps of the EU divorce on January 29.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn submitted an amendment late yesterday, seeking to force the government to allow Parliament to consider and vote on options to prevent Britain leaving on March 29 without an agreement.
Among those options should be a permanent customs union with the EU – and a second referendum on Brexit, the party said. It was the first time Corbyn formally suggested the possibility of a new vote.
“The prime minister is both refusing to change her red lines or take the threat of a no deal exit off the table.
MPs must now act to break the deadlock,” he said in a statement.
