UK senior Conservative: PM May to lose the Dec. 11 vote “by at least 80”- Telegraph

In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, Mark Harper, a senior lawmaker in the UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party, predicted that the Parliament would vote down May’s Brexit deal by at least 80 votes, Reuters reports.

Key Quotes:

“Brexit should be an opportunity for our country to spread its wings, not have them clipped.” 

“The Cabinet’s proposals are not acceptable because they threaten the integrity of our country, keep us trapped indefinitely in a customs union and leave us in a weak negotiating position for our future relationship.”

May would lose the Dec. 11 vote “by at least 80” and urged May to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement.