British MPs agree to hold an early election on December 12 with hopes of breaking Brexit deadlock
In this photo provided by the UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks during the debate on the Early Parliamentary General Election Bill in the House of Commons, London on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
His Conservatives are currently well ahead of the opposition Labour party in opinion polls, and he hopes to win a majority in the Lower House of Commons in order to push through his Brexit plan. Many Labour MPs are wary of an election, fearful of defeat under their leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn, but he swung his support behind the poll.Ahead of the vote in parliament, European Council President Donald Tusk confirmed the formal adoption of Monday's decision by EU envoys to accept a Brexit delay of up to three months.
After three failed attempts to pass a normal election motion, which requires the support of two-thirds of MPs, Johnson on Tuesday took an alternative path. In a move to unite his Conservative party ahead of the poll — the first in December since 1923 — Johnson readmitted 10 of the 21 MPs he expelled last month for defying his Brexit plan.Corbyn had sought to amend the government's bill to hold the election on December 9, but this was defeated by 315 votes to 295.
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