Friday, November 4, 2016

Theresa May to contact EU over Brexit as election calls mount

British Prime Minister Theresa May is trying to restore her grip on Brexit as calls mount for an emergency general election to settle the question of withdrawal from the EU.


Ms May was engaging in an urgent round of telephone diplomacy in the wake of yesterday's High Court decision, which insisted her parliament must have the final say on Britain triggering divorce deal negotiations with Brussels.

The Tory leader is to call European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a bid to persuade continental leaders that the legal ruling would not shake her from the pledge to invoke Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - which would formally launch Brexit - by April next year.

However, the uncertainty created by the High Court judgment was underlined by Tory former chancellor and ardent pro-European Ken Clarke, who told BBC Newsnight he would move to block invoking Article 50, saying: "I will vote against it. I shall stick to my guns. I'm not going to cast a hypocritical vote."

With the largely pro-EU Commons in the Brexit driving seat pending an appeal of the High Court ruling to the Supreme Court in early December, interim UKIP leader Nigel Farage called on Ms May to call a snap general election, even though he said such a move would face stiff opposition from Tory and Labour benches alike.
 [rte.ie]
4/11/16
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