U.K Prime Minister May Postpones Brexit Vote



Daily Mail: Humiliated May goes back to Brussels: May says she will seek 'assurances' on the Irish backstop but she will NOT ask the EU to drop it - and her Brexit vote could be delayed until JANUARY

* Theresa May faced an overwhelming defeat in vote that could have sent her tumbling out of Downing Street
* In stormy Commons clashes PM pledged to seek more concessions from the EU in bid to shore up support
* But she made clear she will not be seeking to get Brussels to drop the concept of the Irish border backstop
* The premier suggested the Brexit deal might not be brought back to the House of Commons until January 21
* Ireland's PM Leo Varadkar today dismissed Mrs May's chances of getting any deep concessions on agreement
* The Pound plunged to its lowest level in 20 months against the US dollar as the dramatic developments broke
* Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the vote will '100 per cent' go ahead hours before it was shelved
* Tory infighting escalated as Alan Duncan warns that Tory rebels will 'forever be known as the wreckers'
* Conservative big beasts with leadership ambitions have been circling in anticipation of PM being ousted
* The European Court of Justice ruled that the UK can unilaterally revoke the Article 50 Brexit notification

Theresa May today hinted that the vote on her Brexit deal could be delayed for six weeks after being forced into an humiliating U-turn.

The PM faced taunts and barracking from MPs after finally bowing to massive pressure to delay the crunch vote which had been due tomorrow.

Instead said she will tour European capitals and then go back to Brussels to try to secure sweeteners that might buy off huge opposition to the package.

She insisted her blueprint was still the 'best deal negotiable', and said she still planned to put it to a vote once 'reassurances' had been secured on the Irish border backstop - but implied that might not happen before January 21.

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WNU Editor: This is what I call humiliation.

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