UK opposition parties, Conservative rebels forcing Boris to delay Brexit by three months.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed today when his younger brother JoAs the United Kingdom spins towards an election, Brexit remains up in the air more than three years after Britons voted to leave the bloc in a 2016 referendum. Options range from a turbulent ‘no-deal’ exit to abandoning the whole endeavour.
The 47-year-old, who campaigned to remain a member of the EU in the 2016 referendum while his older brother was the face of Vote Leave, has been in parliament since 2010, serving in several ministerial roles. On Tuesday, he expelled 21 Conservative lawmakers from the party for failing to back his strategy, including Winston Churchill’s grandson and two former finance ministers.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who manages government business in the House of Commons, said parliament would be asked again on Monday, after the blocking bill becomes law, to approve a snap election. Yesterday, lawmakers had rejected Johnson’s request for an Oct 15 poll. The opposition Labour Party cast Johnson’s language - including calling Corbyn a “chicken” - as pathetic, saying he was trying to act like US President Donald Trump and compared him to a three-year-old toddler having a tantrum.
While sterling rose on parliament’s bid to block a no-deal exit, an election before Brexit would allow Johnson, if he won, to repeal the blocking bill. The law will pass the upper house, the Lords, by tomorrow evening.
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