Britain faces another YEAR in the EU unless MPs pass Theresa May’s Brexit deal today
EU bosses are reportedly plotting to keep the UK chained to the bloc for months on end in return for avoiding a no deal scenario
BRITAIN faces being trapped in the European Union for another year if Theresa May fails to win a crunch vote on her Brexit deal today.
On the very day the UK had supposed to be leaving the bloc, MPs will vote on whether to support or back the PM’s divorce agreement with the EU.
But with Labour and the DUP unlikely to back May, the reports EU leaders are plotting to lock us in for as long as much as a year.
It reports a senior Brussels official saying that unless the UK agrees to stay for months on end at a special summit on April 10, it could face crashing out without a deal.
Meanwhile plans will be stepped up today for the UK to take part in European parliamentary elections on May 23.
This a condition of remaining in the bloc for an extended period beyond the election date.
It is reported that returning officers are being placed on standby across the UK — and all this on the day the country was supposed to be leaving the EU.
The prospect of fighting the Euro elections is something that MPs from all main parties have been desperate to avoid.
This is because they fear it will effectively turn into a Brexit campaign and further divide the country.
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