UK Prime Minister May takes her deal to the UK Parliament for the meaningful vote on Tuesday
- the vote is expected some time in the 1900 - 2100 GMT time window
The latest numbers Reuters are quoting:
- 100 MPs are government ministers and Conservative Party whips, who are required to support the deal and so are not included in the tally
- May's Conservative Party has 317 lawmakers. It governs with a working majority of 13 thanks to a deal with the 10 lawmakers of the Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party.
- Lawmakers who have indicated they will support the deal: 44
- Lawmakers who have indicated they will oppose the deal: 115 (including 34 of May's Conservative lawmakers)
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I'll add, take these numbers with a grain of salt. Or a lot of grains. These are the intentions expressed so far by the politicians. Key word here is politicians. Apparently there have been instances of politicians telling lies, K?
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(Note, there are a total of 650 MPs in parliament)