British lawmakers from across the political spectrum will press their bid to force Prime Minister Theresa May to give parliament a vote on her negotiating strategy for leaving the European Union, saying she had no mandate for a “hard Brexit”.
As Britain embarks on some of its most complex diplomatic negotiations since World War Two, Nick Clegg, former deputy prime minister, said May’s plan to invoke Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty by the end of March – triggering the formal Brexit procedure – would hand power to the other 27 EU members.
