Britain's House of Lords was on a potential Brexit collision course with Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday as peers weighed changes that could delay a landmark bill to trigger the country's EU exit. Members of the unelected upper chamber are demanding guarantees on the rights of EU citizens living in Britain and on parliament's role in approving the final Brexit deal.
They are seeking to amend a bill empowering May to implement last June's referendum vote to leave the European Union, a process she wants to begin by the end of March. May has urged the Lords to exercise their scrutiny responsibilities without blocking the bill, while one government supporter threatened the House with abolition if it caused trouble.
But a Lords source in the opposition Labour party told AFP that the Conservative government would "lose handsomely" on the two key issues of EU citizens' rights and parliament's role.
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