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| Brexit: Boris Johnson to try for 12 December election | |
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| Boris Johnson has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal, but only if they agree to a 12 December general election. | Boris Johnson has said he will give MPs more time to debate his Brexit deal, but only if they agree to a 12 December general election. |
| The prime minister told the BBC he expected the EU to grant an extension to his 31 October deadline, even though he "really" did not want one. | The prime minister told the BBC he expected the EU to grant an extension to his 31 October deadline, even though he "really" did not want one. |
| He urged Labour to back an election in a vote he plans to hold next week. | He urged Labour to back an election in a vote he plans to hold next week. |
| EU leaders are expected to give their verdict on delaying Brexit for up to three months, on Friday. | EU leaders are expected to give their verdict on delaying Brexit for up to three months, on Friday. |
| Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told MPs the government would on Monday table a motion calling for a general election. | |
| Under the 2011 Fixed-Term Parliament Act, two-thirds of MPs must vote for a general election before one can be held. | |
| Shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz said Labour would back an election "once no-deal is ruled out and if the extension allows". | Shadow leader of the House Valerie Vaz said Labour would back an election "once no-deal is ruled out and if the extension allows". |
| Labour would offer the PM its support for a "proper timetable" for the Brexit bill to allow MPs to scrutinise and amend it, she added. | |
| In a letter to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Johnson says his "preferred option" is a short Brexit postponement "say to 15 or 30 November". | In a letter to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Johnson says his "preferred option" is a short Brexit postponement "say to 15 or 30 November". |
| In that case, he writes, he will try to get his deal through Parliament again, with Labour's support. | In that case, he writes, he will try to get his deal through Parliament again, with Labour's support. |
| The prime minister adds that he "assumes" Mr Corbyn "will cooperate with me to get our new Brexit deal ratified, so we leave with a new deal rather than no deal". | The prime minister adds that he "assumes" Mr Corbyn "will cooperate with me to get our new Brexit deal ratified, so we leave with a new deal rather than no deal". |
| If, as widely expected, the EU's Brexit delay is to the end of January, Mr Johnson says he will hold a Commons vote next week on a 12 December election. | If, as widely expected, the EU's Brexit delay is to the end of January, Mr Johnson says he will hold a Commons vote next week on a 12 December election. |
| If Labour agrees to this, the government says it will try to get its deal through before Parliament is dissolved for the campaign on 6 November. | If Labour agrees to this, the government says it will try to get its deal through before Parliament is dissolved for the campaign on 6 November. |
| Where parties stand on election | |
| The prime minister told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg: "I'm afraid it looks as though our EU friends are going to respond to Parliament's request by having an extension, which I really don't want at all. | |
| "So, the way to get this done, the way to get Brexit done, is, I think, to be reasonable with Parliament and say if they genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it but they have to agree to a general election on 12 December." | "So, the way to get this done, the way to get Brexit done, is, I think, to be reasonable with Parliament and say if they genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it but they have to agree to a general election on 12 December." |
| Asked what he would do if Labour refused to vote for an election, he said: "We would campaign day after day for the people of this country to be released from subjection to a Parliament that has outlived its usefulness." | Asked what he would do if Labour refused to vote for an election, he said: "We would campaign day after day for the people of this country to be released from subjection to a Parliament that has outlived its usefulness." |
| The prime minister has repeatedly insisted the UK will leave the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal. | |
| But he was forced to send a letter to the EU requesting an extension, under legislation passed by MPs last month. | But he was forced to send a letter to the EU requesting an extension, under legislation passed by MPs last month. |
| MPs voted on Tuesday to back the first stage of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, putting the deal the PM agreed with Brussels into law - but rejected Mr Johnson's plan to push it through the Commons in three days. | MPs voted on Tuesday to back the first stage of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, putting the deal the PM agreed with Brussels into law - but rejected Mr Johnson's plan to push it through the Commons in three days. |
| The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler says EU leaders are set to decide on Friday whether to grant the UK a three-month Brexit extension. | |
| Most EU nations back it but France "is digging its heels in", she adds. | |
| So there could be an emergency summit in Brussels on Monday to allow leaders to reach agreement face-to-face. | |
| President Macron favours a short, sharp Brexit delay, encouraging MPs and the UK government to concentrate on ratifying the newly negotiated Brexit deal. | |
| Mr Macron is fed up with the more-than-three-year EU focus on Brexit and the ever-present threat of a no-deal scenario. | |
| He would rather shift attention to reforming the EU itself, to the benefit (he believes) of the countries remaining in it. | |
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