Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday it was up to MPs to decide whether Britain leaves the European Union next March with no deal despite the potentially catastrophic impact.
Speaking to a parliamentary committee, May was asked several times whether she would personally allow a disorderly Brexit to happen if -- as looks increasingly likely -- MPs vote down the deal she has struck with the EU.
"Knowing you for 20 years, I just don't believe that if your deal goes down, you are the kind of person who would contemplate taking this country into a no-deal situation. Am I wrong?" asked opposition Labour MP Yvette Cooper.
May answered: "It will be a decision for parliament... I've negotiated what I believe truly to be a good deal for the UK."
"We would simply find ourselves in a period of more uncertainty and division," she said, adding: "It is absolutely important that we deliver on the vote that people gave."
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