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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: 2) by loonycyborg on Thursday March 14 2019, @05:09PM
That vote was just a vote of no confidence for entire government. Even the "leave" campaign didn't expect to win. No reasonable action is possible in face of this outcome. They just did it as part of their silly intrigues. Stuff like that is incompatible with any sort of integrity. Result of vote shows that pro EU side is even less popular. Britain just ended up without any sort of workable political forces and needs to build itself up from the ground. And no voting will help here since there's simply no viable choices to vote for.