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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)
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, @10:50PM (1 child)
> The UK will have very rich fishing grounds under their own control
LOL - if you think the nearshore and 20km-range fisheries around the UK are "very rich" you don't know shit about fish. In very rich fishing grounds, the sea is silver. That's not hyperbole, talk to a real commercial fisherman (not a river hipwader). If you've seen dive videos of schools of fish, that is rich fishing grounds. If there were schools like that within UK waters they'd very quickly be hoovered up by contemporary factory fishboats.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday September 04 2019, @11:26PM
Or fleets of European fishing boats who have been given the right to fish there by the EU. That is precisely what has happened. How much has the UK fishing fleet declined by since they lost the sole access to the traditional UK fishing grounds?