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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)
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Arik on Wednesday September 04 2019, @08:08AM
Few on either side will look at it this way, I fear.
The Brexiteers (and even many Remainers) will point out that there's no doubt in anyone's mind that if the referendum had failed that would have been the end of it. For a generation, at least, and after a generation it would be unlikely to come up again.
But it doesn't work the other way. This is one of the profoundly anti-democratic practices of the EU that helped to inspire Brexit; there are votes, but there are predetermined outcomes to the votes, and if you (the voters) don't get it right then you can just keep voting until you do.
And of course the Remainers (not all, but many) aren't going to be any more inclined to accept the results of the next vote than they were the last, if it goes against them.
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