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| May asks EU to delay Brexit until June 30, ‘not prepared to delay further’ | |
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| Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she has written to the EU to request a short extension to Article 50, insisting that she is not prepared to “delay Brexit any further than the 30th June." | Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she has written to the EU to request a short extension to Article 50, insisting that she is not prepared to “delay Brexit any further than the 30th June." |
| Addressing a raucous group of British lawmakers in the house of commons at PMQs, May confirmed that she had written to European Commission president Donald Tusk on Wednesday morning requesting the short delay. | Addressing a raucous group of British lawmakers in the house of commons at PMQs, May confirmed that she had written to European Commission president Donald Tusk on Wednesday morning requesting the short delay. |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slammed May’s Brexit announcement, claiming that "We're now in the midst of a full scale national crisis." | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn slammed May’s Brexit announcement, claiming that "We're now in the midst of a full scale national crisis." |
| Corbyn accused the PM of "incompetence" and "failure" over Brexit, insisting the prime minister "has no plan" before asking May whether she will meet him to sort out the mess - to which May could give no direct answer. | |
| SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, issued the PM a veiled threat to hold another Scottish Independence referendum "if Westminster fails," and unless her Tory government agreed to a second EU referendum. | |
| Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the EU Commission, has reaffirmed Brussels’ position on a possible extension to Article 50. He insists a deal needs to be signed off between the UK and EU before EU Parliament elections on the May 23. | |
| Juncker claims this is necessary otherwise the UK has to participate in those elections. It means May runs the risk of the EU not granting an extension to June 30, but to May 22. | |
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