Pro-Brexit lawmakers in Britain's upper house of parliament tried on Thursd...
LONDON - Pro-Brexit lawmakers in Britain’s upper house of parliament tried on Thursday to thwart the approval of a new law that would force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a delay to prevent a disorderly EU exit on April 12 without a deal.
But lawmakers have used an unprecedented procedural gambit to pass legislation without the approval of government, seeking additional legal guarantees that May will not give up and lead Britain out of the bloc without a deal. “All that lies between us and tyranny is that we respect the conventions of both Houses,” said Michael Forsyth, a pro-Brexit Conservative member of the Lords, accusing Labour Party spokeswoman Dianne Hayter of setting a dangerous precedent to try and block Brexit.By long-standing convention, the government usually has sole control of the agenda in parliament but this was overturned last month with the help of a rebellion in May’s Conservative Party.
“What we are seeing today ... is a small group of unelected peers in an unelected house, firstly trying to stop us considering the bill today and then trying to talk it out and no doubt seeking to go through the night to halt the Commons’ desire to prevent a no deal,” Hayter said.
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