{"id":399533,"date":"2019-03-14T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T20:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/british-mps-vote-on-amendments-ahead-of-key-brexit-vote-on-article-50-extension-video-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2019-03-14T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T20:14:55","slug":"british-mps-vote-on-amendments-ahead-of-key-brexit-vote-on-article-50-extension-video-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/british-mps-vote-on-amendments-ahead-of-key-brexit-vote-on-article-50-extension-video-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"British MPs vote on amendments ahead of key Brexit vote on Article 50 extension (VIDEO) \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c8a8feedda4c8235f8b4575.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        The UK House of Commons is set to vote on an extension to Article 50. If it is passed, and the EU agrees to it, Britain will not leave on March 29 as planned. Ahead of that vote, the MPs have decided on several amendments.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lawmakers have voted down the amendment H calling to delay Brexit to hold a second referendum,\u00a0crushing it by 334 votes to 85.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment I aiming to take control over the Brexit debate from PM Theresa May was narrowly rejected by the MPs, who voted 314-312 against it.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s amendment E, instructing the government to seek an extension long enough for MPs to find a <em>\u201cmajority for a different approach,\u201d<\/em> was rejected as well by 319 to 302.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Bryant decided not to press the cheeky amendment J, which would have blocked May from ever bothering MPs with her ill-fated Brexit plan again. Therefore, the government motion on Article 50 extension has been voted on unamended.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" width=\"900\" height=\"480\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9zU60hPfqLU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list of amendments:<\/p>\n<p><strong>(e-rejected)\u00a0<\/strong>Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s Labour Party have tabled a proposal, similar to the first, insisting on Article 50 being extended to allow time for MPs to find a majority for a different approach to Brexit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(h-rejected)<\/strong>\u00a0Sarah Wollaston, who recently quit the Conservatives to form The Independent Group of MPs has put forward a plan, calling for a Brexit delay long enough to hold a second EU referendum. It will represent the first time MPs have ever voted on such a proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>(i-rejected)<\/strong>\u00a0Tabled by a group of cross-party backbench MPs including Labour\u2019s Hilary Benn and the Tories\u2019 Oliver Letwin that seeks to wrestle control of the Brexit process from PM May. It proposes to hold a series of indicative votes scheduled for March 25, on an alternative approach to the UK\u2019s exit from the EU.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(j-withdrawn)<\/strong>\u00a0Chris Bryant, Labour MP for the Rhondda, has put down a rather cheeky amendment, demanding that the prime minister be forbidden from putting her deal, which has been heavily defeated twice, to parliament to vote on again.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-more-big\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/453816-brexit-delay-vote-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"read-more-big__container\"><br \/>\n        <span class=\"read-more-big__content\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__subtitle\">Also on rt.com<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__title\">May to give MPs free vote on delaying Brexit, after 2 crucial defeats for UK government<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"read-more-big__cover lazyload\" data-bgset=\"&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xxs\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 280w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xs\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 320w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/thumbnail\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 460w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/m\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 540w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/l\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 768w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/article\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 980w,&#10;                            https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.03\/xxl\/5c8a5f21fc7e930a2b8b4616.JPG 1240w&#10;                        \" data-sizes=\"auto\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/453836-article-50-amendments-vote\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK House of Commons is set to vote on an extension to Article 50. If it is passed, and the EU agrees to it, Britain will not leave on March 29 as planned. Ahead of that vote, the MPs have decided on several amendments. 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