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All you need to know about the No-Deal Brexit vote in British Parliament

Here's a guide to what the House of Commons is voting on, and how different politicians are trying to re-write the government motion

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An anti-Brexit protester demonstrates opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, January (Photo: Reuters)

Robert Hutton and Kitty Donaldson | Bloomberg
Britain’s Parliament votes on Wednesday on whether to leave the European Union without a deal. Here’s a guide to what the House of Commons is voting on, and how different politicians are trying to re-write the government motion.

The motion

The government motion is very specific. It says the UK shouldn’t leave the EU without a deal “on March 29, 2019,” and goes on to note that no-deal remains the default outcome unless an agreement is struck and ratified in Parliament. Some members of Parliament suspect that it’s written in order to keep May’s deal in play after the Commons overwhelmingly rejected

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