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.
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
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 04 2019, @06:00PM
1) Maybe. Or maybe Sterling's independence will make it a net more valuable commodity - in fact, this has been a substantial point in its favour since the Euro has had such long, extended teething pains. (And promises to have more, thanks to limited fiscal integration.)
2) Meh. The US is already bullying large parts of the rest of the world for that. Leaving the EU doesn't change that for a moment. Not that the UK was exactly the last of the great tax havens, either.
3) Right. Sure. Whatever.
4) Yes, of course, nobody really cares anyway.
5) Doesn't matter to the government, at least half of whom would cheerfully see him sodomised by the Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells.
6) Oh, right, because that's how the UK works ... oh, wait ...