Brexit Uncertainty Risks UK Rights

Expand The Union Flag and European Union flag fly in Parliament Square in central London, September 9, 2017. © 2017 Reuters The United Kingdom Parliament’s decision on Tuesday night to reject decisively the European Union withdrawal agreement leaves the country’s future up in the air. While the Brexit deal Parliament just rejected said little about human rights, it did provide guarantees for the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in the 27 other EU states. And the linked declaration that set out the expected terms for future UK-EU relations made respect for human…

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