Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a potentially perilous ratification of his Br...
Johnson was ambushed in parliament on Saturday by opponents who demanded a change to the sequencing of the ratification of the deal, exposing the prime minister to a law which forced him to request a delay until Jan. 31.
From the bloc’s point of view, extension options range from just an additional month until the end of November to half a year or longer. Johnson’s ministers said they were confident they had the numbers to push a deal through parliament, though there was concern that amendments could wreck Johnson’s deal.
“He is grumbling now because he doesn’t like the judgement,” Bercow said of Jenkin. “If the government have got the numbers, the government can have their way.”
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