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UK govt cannot hold new parliament vote on same Brexit deal: speaker
LONDON, March 18, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Britain’s government cannot submit its Brexit deal for another vote in parliament if it is “the same” or “substantially the same” to the one already rejected by MPs, the House of Commons speaker said on Monday.
“What the government cannot legitimately do is to re-submit to the House the same proposition or substantially the same proposition,” John Bercow told parliament.
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