Boris Johnson's first vote in Parliament ended with a humiliating defeat and 21 MPs getting booted from the Conservative Party
to vote against him than a deterrent. “If anything, those threats have made it more difficult for MPs to back down, because if you decide to back the government in that circumstance, you are effectively saying you value your career over your principles,” one M.P. told the. In the end, Johnson ended up making good on his threat—and obliterated his party's working majority in Parliament in the process. The P.M.
So what happens now? Johnson said that he will immediately call for a General Election, which he wants to take place October 15, days before an E.U. summit in Brussels. “I don’t want an election, but if M.P.s vote tomorrow to stop the negotiations and to compel another pointless delay of Brexit, potentially for years, then that will be the only way to resolve this,” Johnson said Tuesday. The P.M.
the two sides “remain some distance apart on key issues,” namely the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, which has been a primary sticking point throughout the Brexit negotiations. Per the, the rebel Tories also had little faith that Johnson and his team were actually putting forth serious a negotiating strategy, with one source saying that “no convincing proof was given that a real negotiation is taking place” at a last-ditch meeting to get back the Conservative votes.
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