May’s Brexit plan under attack
By Bloomberg
12 November 2018 |
7:48 am
British Prime Minister Theresa May is fighting to keep her Brexit plan alive as opposition mounts on all sides. Doubts are growing over whether May can get her plan through parliament where the Conservative Party is divided and lacks a majority.
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