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PM May threatened rebels with a national election: The Times

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May threatened rebel lawmakers in her Conservative Party with a General Election this summer if they defeated her Brexit plans on customs, The Times newspaper reported.

PM May threatened rebels with a national election: The Times

May narrowly avoided a defeat in Parliament at the hands of the pro-EU lawmakers from her own party in the vote. AFP file



London, July 18

British Prime Minister Theresa May threatened rebel lawmakers in her Conservative Party with a General Election this summer if they defeated her Brexit plans on customs, The Times newspaper reported.

In one of the most tumultuous periods in recent British political history, there have been four major elections in the past four years: the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, the 2015 UK election, the Brexit referendum of 2016 and the snap election called by May last year.

The Times said that Conservative whips, who enforce discipline in the party, issued the warning to pro-EU lawmakers, led by the former ministers Stephen Hammond and Nicky Morgan, minutes before a crucial vote on Tuesday on customs.

May narrowly avoided a defeat in Parliament at the hands of the pro-EU lawmakers from her own party in the vote.

Parliament voted 307 to 301 against an amendment to trade legislation that would have required the government to try to negotiate a customs union arrangement with the EU if, by Jan.

21, 2019, it had failed to negotiate a frictionless free trade deal with the bloc. Reuters

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