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UK's Hilary Benn: Parliament Will Vote to Back Brexit
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Even one of most vocal and prominent supporters for keeping the U.K. in the European Union concedes there is no chance Parliament will prevent Prime Minister Theresa May from formally kickstarting Brexit.
“I have no doubt at all that the House of Commons, and following it the House of Lords, will vote to trigger Article 50, because it is essentially about whether you respect the outcome of the referendum or not,” Hilary Benn, 63, the head of the main panel of lawmakers scrutinizing the government’s Brexit policy, said in a Bloomberg Television interview.