UK: May's Brexit government survives no-confidence vote

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal</p> <p>LONDON (AA) – Fresh off Tuesday’s humiliating defeat in a vote on the EU Brexit agreement, Prime Minister Theresa May’s government has survived a motion of no confidence with the backing of 326 MPs. </p> <p>Almost all Conservative MPs backed May’s government Wednesday even though 118 of them voted against the Brexit deal yesterday. </p> <p>The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the government’s de facto partner and Northern Ireland’s biggest party, also voted for May’s government, helping it survive the test.</p> <p>The Labour Party, Scottish Nationalist Party, and Liberal Democrats all voted against the government. The total number of MPs who had no confidence in the government was 306.</p> <p>The motion of no confidence was called by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in the wake of Tuesday’s historic defeat of 432-202. </p> <p>The defeat was the worst ever for a sitting government in British history. </p> <p>The debate in the runup to Wednesday’s vote saw calls for a second Brexit referendum and a general election from every corner of the House, but the prime minister categorically rejected both. </p> <p>On Monday May is expected to brief parliament on the government’s next move on Brexit by revealing steps for a Plan B. </p> <p>The U.K. is set to leave the EU on March 29, 2019.</p> <p>