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Putting off the inevitable? UK lawmakers reject BoJo’s snap election proposal | |
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UK MPs have voted down PM Boris Johnson’s motion for an early general election on December 12, but it could just be a matter of days before an alternative date and conditions are agreed by parliament. | UK MPs have voted down PM Boris Johnson’s motion for an early general election on December 12, but it could just be a matter of days before an alternative date and conditions are agreed by parliament. |
While 299 lawmakers supported the motion, their number fell short of the 434 votes – a two-thirds majority – that Johnson had hoped for. | While 299 lawmakers supported the motion, their number fell short of the 434 votes – a two-thirds majority – that Johnson had hoped for. |
Responding to the latest parliament defeat, the PM said he will present a new bill to hold an election on December 12 later in the evening, "so we can finally get Brexit done." | |
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