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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-47547887:
Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs[*] by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit.
MPs voted down the prime minister's deal by 149 - a smaller margin than when they rejected it in January.
Mrs May said MPs will now get a vote on whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal and, if that fails, on whether Brexit should be delayed.
She said Tory MPs will get a free vote on a no-deal Brexit.
That means they can vote with their conscience rather than following the orders of party managers - an unusual move for a vote on a major policy, with Labour saying it showed she had "given up any pretence of leading the country".
The PM had made a last minute plea to MPs to back her deal after she had secured legal assurances on the Irish backstop from the EU.
But although she managed to convince about 40 Tory MPs to change their mind, it was not nearly enough to overturn the historic 230 vote defeat she suffered in January, throwing her Brexit strategy into fresh disarray.
[*] MP: Member of Parliament; PM: Prime Minister
(Score: 4, Interesting) by HiThere on Thursday March 14 2019, @05:08AM
At the very least they're going to need to pay for staffing guards along the entire border. You don't need the IRA to cause that, different customs regulations will suffice. I doubt that the Irish will be willing to pay. And you'll develop gangs of smugglers that will, at least, pretend to be the IRA so as to get public support.
In the US this kind of thing is what got the gangs going along the entire Canadian border states, smuggling whiskey. Look up how mild and gentle the Al Capone gang was...but it wasn't the only one. It's a really bad idea. So you need a treaty where Ireland and Northern Ireland have the same customs regulations. But where are you going to draw the bounds if you don't say Britain has to have the same as the EU?
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