UK's May says parliament blocking Brexit is more likely than 'no deal'

May's deal has come under fire from all sides, with opponents of the EU seeking a cleaner break and many pro-Europeans pressing for a second referendum.

The Sunday Times, citing a senior government source, reported that rebel lawmakers were planning to wrest control of the legislative agenda away from May next week with a view to suspending or delaying Brexit.

Urging lawmakers to support her deal, May will say that, ahead of the 2016 referendum vote, both her Conservative party and the opposition Labour party made it clear they would implement the British people's decision.

"Those were the terms on which people cast their votes. If a majority had backed 'Remain', the UK would have continued as an EU member state," she will say.

"The vast majority of people would have had no truck with an argument that we should leave the EU in spite of a vote to remain, or that we should return to the question in another referendum."

May will ask lawmakers to "consider the consequences of their actions on the faith of the British people in our democracy". 

Reuters