Boris Johnson's plans to hold a decisive vote on his Brexit deal were scuppered by lawmakers in the House of Commons, who voted to delay approval until the associated legislation is passed
London After three and a half years of torturous negotiations and political machinations, this was meant to be it.
Boris Johnson planned to put his new Brexit deal to a vote in Parliament, on a historic, emergency session that promised to finally bring clarity to the process.But in the world of Brexit, nothing can be taken for granted. And sure enough, what was billed as Brexit's"Super Saturday" turned into yet another bout of can-kicking equivocation.
Boris Johnson: I will not negotiate a delay with the EU 01:55In a bad-tempered briefing with journalists after the vote, the Prime Minister's official spokesman refused repeatedly to say whether Johnson would send the letter, or whether someone else in the government would send the letter, or whether the the government would flout the law and not send the letter at all."Governments comply with the law," was all the spokesman would say.
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