In a day of high drama and heated debate that laid bare the U.K.'s bitter ideological divisions, PM Johnson was forced to wait for the big Brexit moment on which he has staked his political career.
Throughout hours of televised debate, lawmakers set out competing visions of the country at this pivotal moment; whether it should keep close to the environmental and employment protections guaranteed by the E.U., or go down a path of deregulation and free trade made possible by Johnson's hardline Brexit deal.
Many polls suggest that public opinion on Brexit may have flipped, with a narrow majority now favoring staying inside the E.U.Brexit has seen politicians resort to increasingly violent language when describing their opponents, leading police to warn them not to inflame what has become a febrile atmosphere in the country.
One female lawmaker was murdered in 2016 and another was the subject of a foiled far-right plot to kill her.
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