Labour MPs join Conservatives to give Theresa May approval to trigger Article 50

After months of several threats to frustrate Theresa May’s stance on hard Brexit, the UK parliament finally have endorsed the bill giving Theresa May consent to trigger Brexit – on one more night of Labor acquiescence.

At the end of its third reading on the floor of the House of Commons, the bill was passed by 494 votes to 122.

Thus, the bill will now go to the House of Lords before the Prime Minister can trigger Article 50, which she has guaranteed to do before the finish of March.

Brexit Secretary David Davis stated "We've seen a historic vote tonight - a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states."

Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith his delight after the vote, adding: "Nothing is easy, nothing is written in stone but tonight we've started the process of delivering on what was essentially the referendum result on 23 June last year."

He added: "There are a lot of Labour MPs that have voted tonight with the Government to trigger Article 50 in the third reading so, to my mind, there is a sense about this that we need to get on with it."

Though Diane Abbott, Labor MP and shadow home secretary, voted for the bill yet disclosed to Sky News that "a Tory Brexit will be very deplorable".

Whenever inquired as to whether her vote had in this manner gave the Tory party an unlimited free pass, she answered: "I don't accept we've given them a limitless ticket to ride, will consider them responsible."

At the point when asked how the Labor Party would do this, she replied: "We're going to be holding them to account on the floor of the House."

After the vote, Mr Corbyn tweeted: "Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards and the economy."

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon replied: "How? You've just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn't win a single concession but still voted for the bill. Pathetic."

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq said she was "deeply, deeply worried" by the result of the vote.

She also asked: "What's happening to our access to the single market? What's happening to all the environmental protections and all the funding that comes for scientific produce in my constituency?"

Prior at night, calls for Britain to ensure the privileges of EU nationals were crushed in the Commons after a normal Tory defiance was smothered.

The amendment had been brought by previous Labor leader Harriet Harman to guarantee that all EU natives living in the UK on 23 June 2016 - the date of the referendum - would have their entitlement to remain ensured.

The amendment was crushed by 332 votes to 290, a lion's share of 42.

Though Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, had kept in touch with Tories to promise them that the bill would "not change our migration framework".

Only three Tory backbenchers - Ken Clarke, Tania Mathias and Andrew Tyrie - upheld the change.