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Brexit hangs in the balance as parliament to vote on May's tweaked deal
Britain’s exit from the European Union hung in the balance on Tuesday after the government’s lawyer said last-minute “legally binding” assurances won by Prime Minister Theresa May to her divorce deal left the risk over the Irish backstop “unchanged”. Scrambling to plot an orderly path out of the Brexit maze just days before the United Kingdom is due to leave, May rushed to Strasbourg on Monday to agree the assurances with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. But Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said in a written opinion the assurances were legally binding but the risk remained “unchanged” ... (full story)
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