British lawmakers are holding the first Saturday parliamentary sitting in 37 years to debate and vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal. Follow live updates:
Time for a recap. It's just after midday in London, and lawmakers are deep into their debate on Boris Johnson's Brexit deal -- but there's plenty of drama still to come.
There's no certainty about when exactly the crucial votes will happen. We're expecting them to be sometimeBoris Johnson's Brexit withdrawal deal is being put to a vote: MPs are arguing over the Prime Minister's new deal, achieved last week after months of fractured negotiations with the European Union.A game-changing amendment to the bill, from former Conservative lawmaker Oliver Letwin, could turn everything upside down today making so-called Super Saturday a little less super. The amendment seeks to withhold support from the bill untilof the other related legislation has also passed, ensuring an"accidental" no-deal on October 31 is avoided.
A senior government source tells CNN it will pull today's vote on Johnson's deal if the Letwin amendment passes.come to a vote, it'll be a nail-biter. Johnson has won over most, if not all, of the hardliners in his own party. He seems to have made some hay with the independents he'd previously expelled from his party, too. Perhaps the key group are those potential Labour rebels, who may break with their party and support the government.
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