Lords on ‘collision course’ with May

London, Feb. 27: Britain’s Lords were on a potential Brexit collision course with Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Monday as they weighed changes that could delay a bill to trigger the EU exit.

Government supporters have warned Britain’s upper house against any hold-ups, warning that the unelected chamber itself could be abolished if it defied the result of the referendum. But a source from the rival Labour party in the Lords, where the Conservative government does not have a majority, said amendments “would be likely to win handsomely” in defiance of the government.

Michael Heseltine, a top Conservative, said he plans to rebel against the government by pushing for an amendment to ensure a parliamentary vote on a final Brexit deal. He said the Brexit decision could be reversed before Britain actually leaves the EU. “My opponents will argue that the people have spoken, the mandate secured and the future cast. My experience stands against this argument,” he said.

Members of the House of Lords will begin proposing amendments to the bill on triggering Article 50 of the My opponents will argue that the people have spoken, the mandate secured and the future cast. My experience stands against this argument

Michael Heseltine, EU’s Lisbon Treaty.

The government has said it plans to do so by March-end, firing the starting gun on a maximum two years of talks to work out a divorce and the terms of future post-Brexit relations.

The proposed changes are expected to be on defining the parameters of a parliamentary vote on the final Brexit deal as well as steps to guarantee the rights of three million EU migrants living in Britain.