plan to get britain out of the european union otherwise known as brexit went down big time in the parliament as the commons voted the deal down by 432-202. that is a historic loss for any uk government, even 118 members of the conservative party. it is clear that the house does not support this deal but tonight s vote tells us nothing about what it does support. nothing about how or even if it intends to honor the decision the british people took. the deal was 21/2 years in the making after the brits voted to leave the european union, no one seemed happy with the final result.
wednesday could be another very tough day for u.k. prime minister theresa may after her plan to get britain out of the european union, otherwise known as brexit, went down big time in the parliament. the house of commons voted the deal down for a whopping 430 2-2 hundred two seats. that is an historic loss for any u.k. government, even 118 members of her own conservative party. here is just a little bit of what a battered prime minister may had to say on tuesday. it is clear that the house does not support this deal, so tonight s vote tells us nothing about what it does support. nothing about how nothing about how or even if it intends to honor the decision the british people took. the deal was in fact two and half years in the making. this after the birth voted to leave the european union.
of the united states. let me read it. yeah, put that up. many people would like to see nigel farage represent great britain as their ambassador to the united states. he s the man who led brexit. he s the man that led the brexit campaign and led britain out of the european union, and then stepped down from that position. but he is a man who is much hated by governments across western europe that are now facing some populous movements of their own. angela merkel, for instance, the government of france, the government of italy, all of them are facing the populous movements, and for donald trump to weigh-in to the middle of that, embracing mr. farage says a clear signal, hey, you re punks, i don t respect you. and the most important thing with the american policy has been the transatlantic partnership.
if you go to a constituency and cover before polling day and cover one politician standing in that constituency you have to cover them all or give them all a chance to speak. but what s at play here look you have these sort of more smaller fringe parties pulling left and pulling right. the conservatives, david krom ran cameron, in power right now. the u.k. independence party, a very small right-wing party, wants britain out of the european union. the united states often looks at europe and says why can t europe act as one united body and often looks at britain as an ally to help make that happen. well the u.k. independence party is pulling to the right, wants britain out. david cameron forced to offer in these elections and say he would hold a referendum 2017. right now the country probably wouldn t go for it. but that s one way things could change. let s look on the other side of the equation here. the opposition party, if they want to get into power, likely going to have to do it w
party leaders. conservatives will say only we can be trusted with the economy. labor will say only we can be trusted to look after the national health service. liberal democrats will present themselves, party in the middle available in the coalition, stop labor spending too much, top the cutting of welfare too much. ukip will say the only ones we can trust to get britain out of europe. frantic race to the line. two parties saying we can do it on our own. neither of them believe it in their hearts. and from, then on, the great pretense ends and we all start talking coalition politics after 48 hours. indeed. all we have to look forward to. rosemary, great to have robin s insight. he ll be with us all week. i have more questions for him. we ll jump on periscope, platform, to take viewers questions if they have them. you are into social media, rosemary. and otherwise we will see you here tomorrow. everyone, get your questions