Boris Johnson’s BrexitVote strategy has been blown to smithereens, and British politics is as stuck as ever
DECISION DAY became dither day. Rather than hold the expected “meaningful vote” on Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal, on October 19th Britain’s House of Commons—sitting on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years—instead chose to wait a while. By 322 votes to 306, MPs backed an amendment proposed by Sir Oliver Letwin, an ex-Tory grandee, to “withhold” approval of the agreement until Parliament has passed the legislation needed to implement it.
Mr Johnson responded to defeat with his characteristic bluster. He promised that he would bring the necessary legislation forward for a vote on October 22nd. This would allow him to revive his my-way-or-the-highway strategy, replacing Super Saturday with Super Tuesday. He insisted that he would not send the extension letter to the EU as required by law. He also repeated his promise that Britain would leave the EU on October 31st.
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