Britain’s risky game of Deal or No Deal continues as MPs vote not to give their approval to the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal until he has passed the necessary legislation.
The latest course of action from the House Commons could potentially delay Brexit beyond the 31st of October and Boris Johnson will be forced to seek an extension to the Article 50 negotiation period.
The Prime Minister lost the vote 322 to 306, in favour of an amendment proposed by Sir Oliver Letwin. The amendment means Boris will need to seek approval for his new Brexit deal, which is still been strongly opposed by The Northern Ireland party.
Though MPs have not outright opposed a no-deal Brexit, the PMs failure to gain approval means he is now forced to write to the EU seeking and extension. Boris says he is not “daunted or dismayed” describing the result as “pretty close”.
Staying firm in his unwavering view of the current situation he added, “I will tell our friends and colleagues in the EU exactly what I have told everyone in the last 88 days, I have served as prime minister; that further delay will be bad for this Country, bad for the EU and bad for democracy.”
Boris hopes the EU “will not be attracted” to granting the extension and that the House will change their minds and support his deal and legislation.
The leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn thinks MPs will “not be duped” into supporting Boris’s deal and dismissed the PMs stance on workers right and the environment as “empty promises.”
Former PM Theresa May weighed in on the current stalemate saying, “Businesses are crying out for certainty, people want certainty in their lives.” Adding, “They want to know if the country is moving forward.”
Though it certainly doesn’t feel like we are any closer to a solution time is quickly running out for the PM and one thing we can all agree on is that either way, the country needs to know what is in store for our futures.
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