THERESA May’s Brexit deal has been defeated for a third time by a margin of 58 votes.
So what happens next?
The result of the crunch vote means that the UK has missed an EU deadline to secure an extension of the Brexit process and leave with a deal on May 22.
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MPs are set to have another go at reaching a Brexit compromise in another series of so-called indicative votes on Monday and Wednesday next week.
NO DEAL
MAY now has until April 12 to go back to Brussels with new proposals and seek a longer extension to the negotiation process, or see the UK leave without a deal that day.
No-deal Brexit is still the default outcome if MPs can’t agree to anything else and there are no further extensions then Brexit would happen on April 12.
SOFTER BREXIT
PARLIAMENT voted on Wednesday on eight different strategies, with none winning outright. MPs are expected to take the most popular plans — including a customs union with the EU — and see if they can settle on a new approach in the second round.
Under this scenario, it is still feasible that the withdrawal agreement and political declaration are ratified by Parliament within weeks, and the UK leaves the EU by the 22 May.
LEAVE THE EU WITH THE PM’S DEAL
DESPITE the repeated rejection of Brexit deals, Theresa May could – and is expected to – bring the deal to Parliament for the fourth time.
NEGOTIATE AN ENTIRELY NEW BREXIT DEAL
THIS would require a further delay to Brexit and the UK would have to take part in the European Parliament elections in May.
ANOTHER REFERENDUM OR A GENERAL ELECTION
BOTH of these scenarios would require a lengthy extension beyond elections for the European Parliament.
Another referendum could have the same status as the 2016 one, which was legally non-binding and advisory. But some MPs want to hold a binding referendum where the result would automatically take effect.
Jeremy Corbyn and Ian Blackford both want a General Election. May – who had promised to step down if her deal was approved – appeared to hint that this was a possibility.
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