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British government survives no-confidence vote

Published: 16 Jan 2019 - 10:29 pm | Last Updated: 06 Nov 2021 - 07:58 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listen as opposition Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson speaks during a debate on a motion of no confidence, in the Hou

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May listen as opposition Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson speaks during a debate on a motion of no confidence, in the Hou

AFP

London:  British Prime Minister Theresa May's government saw off a vote of no confidence in parliament on Wednesday, brought after MPs overwhelmingly rejected the brexit deal.

Main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the vote after Tuesday's crushing defeat for May over the EU divorce agreement -- but her Conservative MPs rallied behind her and the government won the confidence vote by 325 to 306, staving off the threat of a general election.