国际英语资讯:Angry exchanges as Britain braces for key Brexit vote in parliament_时事

国际英语资讯:Angry exchanges as Britain braces for key Brexit vote in parliament

Cox said he would have preferred to have seen a unilateral right of termination in the Northern Ireland backstop arrangement, but added he supported May's deal because he did not believe Britain would be willingly trapped in it permanently.

"It represents a sensible compromise, it has unattractive elements but these must be weighed up against the realities of the alternatives," he told MPs.

The main opposition shadow attorney general, Labor's Nick Thomas-Symonds responded: "Isn't the reality that the government does not want MPs to see the full legal advice for fear of the political consequences."

A contempt debate will be a political sideshow to the decision in the main debate starting Tuesday on the Brexit deal.

Geraint Johnes, Professor of Economics of Lancaster University, told Xinhua on Monday that it is very likely that the Brexit deal will be vetoed by the parliament on Dec. 11, adding: "It is hard to predict what would follow."

Johnes said if the deal is rejected he believed Britain could either leave EU without a deal or seek a Norway plus model which he believed stood a better chance of support in the British parliament.

Other academics have warned Britain could be plunged into a constitutional crisis.

What nobody yet knows though is whether May has a Plan B up her sleeve in readiness for a possible rejection of the Brexit deal she had touted around the country, and the world.