{"id":16203,"date":"2019-03-26T07:47:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T23:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16203"},"modified":"2019-03-26T07:58:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T23:58:34","slug":"three-uk-ministers-resign-uk-parliament-to-vote-on-brexit-optionswednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=16203","title":{"rendered":"Three UK ministers resign, UK parliament to vote on Brexit options Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH LIVE: PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theresa_may?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Theresa_May<\/a> updates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseofCommons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HouseofCommons<\/a> on the recent European Council meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5irylpTc6\">https:\/\/t.co\/y5irylpTc6<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1110202787575431173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LONDON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211;  UK Members of Parliament on Monday voted to back a Brexit amendment that will see the House of Commons voting on a series of Brexit options on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> MPs voted by 329 to 302 to back the Letwin amendment, led&nbsp; by former ministers Oliver Letwin and Dominic Grieve, delivering another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <br>The Guardian reported that three ministers who voted for the amendment&nbsp; had resigned. They were Business Minister Richard Harrington, Foreign Minister Alistair Burt and Health Minister Steve Brine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <br>In his resignation letter, published by The Guardina, Richard Harrington had called on the prime minister to act on &#8220;national interest and enable the parliament to this week to to find a consensus which we can use as our negotiating position moving forward.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This evening I wrote to the PM to offer her my resignation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z0QU5lbeJ1\">pic.twitter.com\/Z0QU5lbeJ1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Richard Harrington (@Richard4Watford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richard4Watford\/status\/1110302682835759106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16204\" width=\"575\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter-1024x512.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter-768x384.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter-600x300.jpg 600w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/theressa-may-twitter.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption> <br>Photo courtesy of  PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theresa_may\">@ <strong>theresa_may<\/strong><\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8211; UK Members of Parliament on Monday voted to back a Brexit amendment that will see the House of Commons voting on a series of Brexit options on Wednesday. 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