British lawmakers rejected four Brexit alternatives

British lawmakers on Monday night rejected four alternatives to the government's Brexit plan, The Associated Press reports.

The narrowest defeat - 276 votes to 273 - was for a plan to keep Britain in a customs union with the EU, guaranteeing smooth and tariff-free trade in goods. A motion that went further, calling for Britain to stay in the EU's borderless single market for both goods and services, was defeated 282-261.