Brexit bravado sees UK Parliament taking back control of the process

IN one of the most important UK political moments in the post-war era, the House of Commons will vote on Tuesday on the Brexit withdrawal deal. The ballot begins perhaps the most decisive few weeks in modern UK political history as Parliament now takes much more control of the fraught process after a series of dramatic legislative amendments last week.

With the scheduled deadline for Britain to leave the European Union (EU) at the end of March fast approaching, and the exceptionally weak UK government potentially on the verge of collapse, the House of Commons raised the odds last Wednesday by passing what may appear an obscure procedural amendment.

In fact, it is a significant political setback for UK Prime Minister Theresa May inasmuch as she must present a "new" Brexit plan with…