McDonnell: UK Labour lawmakers unlikely to back May's Brexit deal
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Lawmakers from Britain's opposition Labour Party are unlikely to be persuaded to back Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal when she puts it to a vote in parliament next month, the party's finance chief John McDonnell said on Tuesday.
McDonnell told reporters he would wait to see the details of May's offer, but that what had been reported to be included so far "doesn't inspire confidence, and I don't think that many of our members will be inspired by it either."
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McDonnell said that regardless of what May offers on Brexit there was an overriding problem with the longer-term stability of May's Conservative Party. He also said he couldn't see Labour abstaining in the vote.
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses with a copy of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future UK-EU relationship, in his office in the Houses of Parliament in London, April 2, 2019. /VCG Photo

Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn poses with a copy of the Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future UK-EU relationship, in his office in the Houses of Parliament in London, April 2, 2019. /VCG Photo

British Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech at 1500 GMT on Tuesday to set out the details of Brexit legislation she plans to put before parliament next month, her spokesman said.
The law, required to enact May's Brexit deal with Brussels, will include significant new aspects, he said, adding there had to be some change from the divorce deal that was rejected three times by parliament.
At a meeting of her top team of ministers, the spokesman said May had told them "that the Withdrawal Agreement Bill is the vehicle which gets the United Kingdom out of the European Union and it is vital to find a way to get it over the line."
"The prime minister will be setting out further details on the way forward in a speech this afternoon," he said.
(Cover: Britain's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell of the Labour Party, arrives for cross-party Brexit talks at Cabinet Office in London, Britain, May 7, 2019. /Reuters Photo)
Source(s): Reuters