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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason, Jessica Elgot and Daniel Boffey

UNCOVERED: Theresa may defeated on brexit again as erg tories abstain - Caught on Camera

Theresa May
Theresa May leaves from the rear of 10 Downing Street before the vote. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

Theresa May has suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of hardline Eurosceptics, plunging her hopes of uniting the Conservatives around a renegotiated Brexit deal into chaos.

The prime minister failed to win support for her EU strategy after the European Research Group (ERG), led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, abstained on a government motion because it appeared to rule out a no-deal Brexit.

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