Brexit Clash Threatens U.K. Crisis as Scotland, Wales Revolt
- Nicola Sturgeon, Carwyn Jones vow to veto May’s Repeal Bill
- Liam Fox tells rebels they’ll make ‘hard Brexit’ more likely
U.K.'s Fox Says Must Ensure Stability in Brexit Process
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Theresa May unveiled a landmark draft law to take Britain out of the European Union, sparking a furious backlash from Scotland and Wales and fueling political opposition that could derail her plans for Brexit.
The 66-page bill will transfer EU laws onto the British statute book for when the U.K. leaves the bloc in March 2019. But the leaders of the semi-autonomous Scottish and Welsh governments attacked May’s plan for failing to give them sufficient powers and threatened to block the bill in votes in the national legislatures in Edinburgh and Cardiff.