UK Prime Minister Theresa May Faces Brexit Disaster and No-Confidence Vote

Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government.
Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo
Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government.
Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government. Kirsty Wigglesworth / AP Photo

UK Prime Minister Theresa May Faces Brexit Disaster and No-Confidence Vote

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Worldview will give you a peak into democracy—British style. Today, we bring you some of the hits from this morning’s “Prime Minister’s Questions.” Theresa May was handed her worst political defeat Tuesday night, as the U.K. House of Commons overwhelmingly voted down her plan for the U.K. to officially leave the European Union (Brexit) on March 29. She now faces a no-confidence vote at 1pm CT. We’ll also play clips from Parliamentary debate ahead of the vote that could topple the Tory government. Then for analysis, we turn to the BBC’s  Washington correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue. He was the BBC’s Westminster correspondent for years.