
Brexit before baby: MP postpones birth to take part in crucial vote
Parliament chiefs have hit out after it emerged an MP had to put Brexit before her baby. Tulip Siddiq has delayed a caesarean birth planned for Tuesday, the day of a crucial vote on the UK's divorce deal with Brussels. The postponement is necessary because the British parliament does not allow proxy votes for those ill or incapacitated. Siddiq, MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, is expected to arrive in a wheelchair for the vote before giving birth two days later. Speaker of the House of Commons... Читать дальше...