No deal option shall remain in case of Brexit deadline extension: May

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday any extension to the Brexit negotiating two-year period would not take the option of Britain leaving without a deal off the table, instead it would create a "much sharper cliff edge".

"The House (of Commons, lower house of parliament) should be clear that a short extension, not beyond the end of June, would almost certainly have to be a one-off ... so it would create a much sharper cliff edge in a few months' time," she told parliament. "An extension cannot take no-deal off the table. The only way to do that is to revoke Article 50, which I shall not do, or agree to a deal."