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There was no good choice but to delay Brexit

By Tom Rogan

Published March 14, 2019 7:19pm ET

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There was no good choice but to delay Brexit — In this grab taken from video, MPs announce the result of the Brexit vote where the motion to allow Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May to request a one-off extension ending June 30 was passed by 412 votes to 202 in London. | (House of Commons/PA via AP)

Britain had no choice but to delay Brexit by at least three months, as it voted to do today.

The European Union is almost certain to approve that delay.

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