Commentary: Britain needs a Brexit do-over referendum to get out of this mess
by Ivo Daalder, Chicago Tribune
Jan 18, 2019
3 minutes
Britain's holiday from history was supposed to end this week. After three years of bitter debate, Prime Minister Theresa May hoped Parliament would back the agreement for Britain's withdrawal from the European Union that she painstakingly negotiated over the past 18 months. On Tuesday, however, Parliament voted 2-to-1 against her deal, a humiliating defeat that leaves the future of Britain's relationship with Europe as unsettled as ever.
The only real option is a do-over - a second referendum, this time with a clear sense of
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