In an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to win lawmakers’ approval for the Brexit deal he struck this week with the European Union
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson appealed to lawmakers to back his last-minute Brexit deal in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday after his plans were plunged into chaos by his opponents’ moves to derail the legislation.
On a day of high drama, lawmakers held the first Saturday sitting since the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands, while thousands of people gathered to march on parliament demanding another referendum on EU membership. A law passed by Johnson’s opponents obliges him to ask the EU for a Brexit delay until Jan. 31, 2020 unless he has secured approval for his deal by the end of Saturday.Letwin’s proposal, which has cross-party support, will be put to a vote on Saturday. If the amendment is approved by parliament, Johnson’s deal would not then be put to a vote on Saturday. The government would then seek to hold a vote on the deal on Tuesday, officials said.
Hannah Barton, 56, a cider maker from Derbyshire in central England, was draped in the EU flag. “I am incensed that we are not being listened to,” she said. In a divided parliament where he has no majority, Johnson must win the support of 320 lawmakers to pass his deal.
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