Analyst weighs in as May offers MPs no-deal Brexit vote An analyst says that the European Union is less likely to agree to an extension of article 50 if it is simply to allow British Prime Minister Theresa May more time to push her deal through parliament, saying that only "a new idea" will "break the logjam". May has promised to allow parliament to delay Brexit by up to three months so that Britain would not crash out of the European Union without a deal on the scheduled departure date of March 29. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES of Oliver Patel, a manager at UCL's European Institute