British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a rebellion by her own MPs on Wednesday over parliament’s role in authorizing a final Brexit deal, threatening a damaging defeat at home even as she makes progress in Brussels.
Members of May’s Conservative party are demanding that an explicit legal guarantee be included in the landmark EU (Withdrawal) Bill to ensure MPs get a vote before any deal is signed.
Dominic Grieve, a Conservative MP and former attorney general, has submitted an amendment to the bill, which has been signed by ten other Tory MPs and is backed by the main opposition Labour party.
“The government needs to listen to what’s being said to them,” Grieve told Sky News television.
“It seems to be a bit of a dialogue of the deaf. They’ve turned this into a battle of wills.”
The government has insisted it will not back down but the amendment is due to be voted on later on Wednesday, in what could lead to a parliamentary defeat for…