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LONDON, Dec. 17-- British Prime Minister Theresa May Monday faced a second no confidence vote at Westminster in the latest row over her Brexit deal. Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, tabled a confidence vote that would enable Members of Parliament (MPs) to decide if they have confidence in May as prime minister. Media reports later said a vote of no confidence in the Conservative government had also emerged as a new threat to May, with the risk of a snap general election if she loses. Corbyn told the House of Commons his move followed the failure of May to allow a debate by lawmakers on the Brexit deal she has struck with Brussels, accusing the prime minister of cynically running down the clock towards the Brexit deadline. May told MPs that the vote on her deal would not take place until the week commencing Jan. 14, just 10 weeks before Britain leaves the European Union (EU) on March 29. Parliament only sits until Thursday when it goes into holiday recess until Jan. 7 Corbyn is now awaiting a decision on when a no confidence debate will take place, but he said the government's refusal to allow a debate before the recess would demonstrate that May does not command the confidence of the House of Commons. In a later development the Daily Telegraph reported Monday night that Labour may go further, and table a motion of no confidence in the government, not just May, if the original motion is not held Tuesday. | 
