On Thursday, a series of votes took place in Westminster and the Prime Minister won this series of votes. This would improve May’s leadership within the Conservative Party. The Parliament on Thursday voted against a second referendum and holding indicative votes as well as Corbyn’s amendment, and voted for delaying Brexit. The results all went in May’s favour. Some were not surprising and won widely and some were won very narrowly.
The defeat of holding indicative votes largely means May’s government still plays the major role in design the Brexit deal and negotiate with the EU and the Parliament will not take over the control of the Brexit process and replace the role of May’s government. This was a narrow victory for May that she only won by 314 to 312 with almost full support from her Party. Moreover, the vote on Corbyn’s Brexit amendment was also a close match and May only won this vote with full support from her Party as well as the DUP.
The other two victories were far less surprising. Without the support from the Labour Party, a second Brexit referendum did not have any chance of winning. Moreover, for delaying Brexit, although the Conservative Party is divisive over this matter (more voted against delaying), other parties all agree that after failing to pass any alternative plan, the Britain should take more time to complete the Brexit process.
Overall, people still should not be optimistic about Brexit that the only difference made by this week’s votes is Britain now has more time for leaving the EU. Given the PM has been insisting her deal is the best that the UK can have, she may not be able to deliver any improved version in the near future, then the current chaos will repeat itself all over again.
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