Lawmakers Could Still Thwart Brexit When Deal Reaches Parliament
- Influential think tank says MPs should be able to amend motion
- Institute for Government sees high political drama this Fall
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U.K. lawmakers could send Prime Minister Theresa May back to the negotiating table, engineer a second referendum or prompt a general election when the final Brexit deal comes to Parliament for approval, according to an influential think tank.
The government has said that Parliament will have a take-it-or-leave-it vote on the deal it negotiates with Brussels, which it aims to complete in October -- about five months before the U.K. is due to leave the European Union. Brexit Secretary David Davis says lawmakers can either vote for the deal, or for the much feared chaos of no deal.