British Prime Minister, Theresa May promised on Monday (January 21) to be more open with parliament in negotiating the future relationship with the European Union and to ease the concerns of lawmakers over the divorce deal to win their agreement.
May said she could not take a no-deal Brexit off the table as there was not yet an alternative, and the EU would be unlikely to extend Article 50 without a plan to secure parliament’s approval.
She said another referendum would strengthen the hand of those seeking to break up the United Kingdom and could damage social cohesion by undermining faith in democracy.
Highlighting three changes to her Brexit approach, May told parliament she would be “more flexible”, implement a demand from opposition Labour on guaranteeing workers’ rights and would find a way to calm nerves over a commitment to no return to a hard border on the island of Ireland.
Leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, again called on the prime minister to rule out a no-deal Brexit and said her plan felt like “Groundhog Day”.
