Item #4 in descending order: Britain’s Parliament Began Backpedaling On Brexit. It was the government’s 14th defeat on Brexit and easily the most significant thus far. On Tuesday, the House of Lords took an axe to Theresa May’s latest EU withdrawal bill. In a shock move, they inserted a clause requiring ministers to potentially negotiate to keep Britain in the European Economic Area (EEA) if a good Brexit deal can’t be reached. Such a move would effectively kill Brexit in all but name.[7]
The EEA unites the EU with a three-country association of Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland. It includes the single EU market but excludes some policies like fishing. (If all these terms are confusing, we wrote a basic primer here). Crucially, being a member requires both paying into the EU budget and accepting free movement of other EU citizens. In the EEA, the two major tenets of Brexit—no payments to the EU and an end to European immigration—would be impossible to enforce.
The vote was interesting as both the ruling Conservative and the opposition Labour parties officially support Brexit. The Lords were only able to include the EEA clause because over 80 Labour and nearly 20 Conservative peers rebelled.
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Poster Comment:
Pretty dense and confusing, but it sounds like more concentrated BS by politicians. Starting with May -- I don't think she has a sincere or benign bone in her body.