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Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday rejected calls to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union, and said her Plan B was to get her rejected Brexit deal approved by Parliament after securing changes to a contentious Irish border measure._ --- Jul 28, 2023 3:16 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Theresa May Asks the EU to Delay Brexit Until June 30](/video/gjSxIref/) ### Theresa May Asks the EU to Delay Brexit Until June 30 [British Prime Minister Theresa May's Remarks on the Manchester Attack](/video/s9pCsD9N/) ### British Prime Minister Theresa May's Remarks on the Manchester Attack [Theresa May Poised to Become Britain’s Next Prime Minister](/video/clerLQGy/) ### Theresa May Poised to Become Britain’s Next Prime Minister --- ## Transcript There is widespread concern about the possibility of the UK leaving without a deal. And there are those on both side of the house who want the government to rule this out. But we need to be honest with the British people about what that means. The right way to rule out no deal is for this house to approve a deal with the European Union. That is that is what this government is seeking to achieve. The only other guaranteed way to avoid an OD or exit is to revoke article 50 which would mean staying in the EU there are others who think that what we need is more time so they say we should extend article 50 to give longer for Parliament to debate how we should leave and what a deal should look like. This is not ruling out no deal but simply referring the point of decision. As the EU were very unlikely simply to agree to our stand article 53 without a plan for how we are going to improve a deal. So, when people say rule out no deal, the consequences of what they are actually saying Although if we in parliament can't approve a deal, we should revoke Article 50. Yeah. Mr. Speaker I beleive this would go gainst the referendum results. Yeah. And I do no believe that's a course of action that we should take or which this house should support. Second, all the oposotion parties that have engaged so far ... and some back- benchers have expressed their support for a second referendum. I set out many time my deep concerns about returning to the British people for a second referendum. Our duty is to implement the decision of the first one. I fear a second referendum would set a difficult precedent. That could have significant implications for how we handle referendums in this country. Not least, not least strengthening the hand of those campaigning to break up our United Kingdom. [ SOUND ] It would require an extension of article 50. It would require an extension of article fifty. We would very likely have to return a new set of MEP's to the European Parliament in May. And I also believe that there has not yet been enough recognition of the way a second referendum could damage social cohesion by undermining faith in our democracy [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Mr. Speaker, we do not know what the right honorable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, thinks about this, because he has not engaged. But I know there are members who have already indicated that they wish to test the support of the House for this path. I do not believe there is a majority for a second referendum. Yeah. 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