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Boris Johnson Loses Majority in Parliament after Defection, Could Call Early Elections

posted by martyb on Wednesday September 04 2019, @04:13AM   
from the Ruh-Roh!-What-happens-now? dept.

takyon writes:

Boris Johnson loses Parliamentary majority, faces Brexit showdown

Britain's Parliament returns from its summer recess and is facing a titanic showdown over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans to leave the European Union. Here's what we know:

● Johnson has lost his majority in Parliament, with the defection of Conservative Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats.

● The opposition, including members of Johnson's party, is seeking to pass legislation to delay Brexit.

● Johnson has said that if his foes succeed he will call early elections.

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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure

#54: George Canning, 119 days (1827)
#55: Boris Johnson, 40 days (Incumbent) (2019)

See also: Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no-deal vote
How Brexit Blew Up Britain's Constitution

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• Re:The clusterf*ckening (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Wednesday September 04 2019, @08:11AM

  by Arik (4543) on Wednesday September 04 2019, @08:11AM (#889421) Journal

  "Maybe the EU needs to show it's balls and reject any postponing."
  
  But they are unlikely to self-own quite that profoundly.
  
  So far they've pursued a clear policy of cowing the UK back into line; either by forcing them to retract the Brexit notion and beg for forgiveness, or in alternative by forcing them to accept an exit deal that leave them effectively a puppet state. If they actually did what you suggest, they would force a no-deal Brexit, which is the last thing they want to actually happen.

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