A cross-party alliance defeated the UK leader in a bid to prevent him from taking Britain out of the EU.
In a 328-301 vote, British lawmakers yesterday voted for a motion put forward by opposition parties and rebel lawmakers in Boris Johnson's party to stop him from taking Britain out of the European Union without a divorce agreement.
The victory in Parliament is the first hurdle for lawmakers who, having succeeded in taking control of the parliamentary business, will on Wednesday seek to pass a law forcing Johnson to ask the EU to delay Brexit until Jan 31, unless he has a deal approved by Parliament beforehand on the terms and manner of the exit.
They argue that nothing can justify the risk of a 'no-deal' Brexit that would cut economic ties overnight with Britain's biggest export market and inevitably bring huge economic disruption.
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