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Theresa May’s Brexit strategy is brewing trouble within her party

10 April 2019

2:50 AM

10 April 2019

2:50 AM

The Commons has voted by 420 to 110 to approve Theresa May’s decision to ask for an extension to the Article 50 process to the 30th of June. It isn’t a surprise that this motion passed, there is an anti no-deal majority in the Commons, but the 97 Tory votes against and the number of abstentions, including several Cabinet Ministers, highlights how controversial May’s approach is within her own party.

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