World articles part 12

It took only minutes before opponents seized on the metaphor.
“On the other side of the airlock is a complete vacuum,” said Hilary Benn, a Labour member and chairman of the house’s Brexit committee.
Critics of the deal pressed Mr. Cox to address what would happen after the vote Tuesday night, but he refused to rise to the bait.
Chris Bryant, a Labour member, said, “There isn’t a single chance of the government getting the necessary legislation through by the 29th of March.” — Richard Pérez-Peña
A Brexit opponent outside Parliament in London on Monday.CreditClodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
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A Brexit opponent outside Parliament in London on Monday.CreditClodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
Since June 2016, when 52 percent of British voters approved a referendum to leave the European Union, everything has built up to the vote on Tuesday. The bill would determine the trade and immigration relationship between Britain and the bloc through the end of 2020, while a permanent agreement is negotiated.
But even before Mrs. May’s deal with Brussels was made public in November, it was clear that Parliament was deeply fragmented on how to move forward. Lawmakers began several days of debate on Prime Minister Theresa May’s bill in December, but she postponed the vote for a month, rather than face a humiliating defeat, as she tried to win new promises from Brussels.
But the parliamentary calculus has not changed. Mrs. May’s Conservative Party is divided over the plan — one of her whips stepped down on Monday so that he could vote against it, the latest in a long string of Brexit-related resignations — and the opposition parties overwhelmingly oppose it.

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