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British PM Goes Back to Brexit Negotiating Table
Theresa May will ask for 鈥榓lternative arrangements鈥� to the Irish backstop.
On Tuesday British Prime Minister Theresa got the support of parliament to return to the European Union and ask for a change to the Brexit withdrawal agreement. She's been mandated to ask for 'alternative arrangements' to the Irish backstop, which guarantees there wouldn鈥檛 be a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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