Prime Minister Theresa May will seek to re-open and make changes to the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union, after running up against a brick wall in Parliament. Specifically, she will seek changes to the "backstop" between the UK's Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that don't violate the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which allows for free passage between the two regions agreed to by the UK and Ireland ending years of conflict. Ireland would remain in the EU after Brexit, causing a "hard border" and restricted movement, unless other arrangements are made.
That is the feeling of Parliament, which on Tuesday backed an amendment from Conservative MP Sir Graham Brady, which supports the PM's deal on condition that "alternative arrangements" are found to replace the Northern Ireland backstop. The vote was 317 to 301. May on Tuesday insisted she "listened" to Parliament and is seeking to alter the now-defeated deal, to which the EU had already approved.
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