AMN / LONDON
At a rare weekend sitting of Parliament, British MPs today voted to delay a decision on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, arguing they needed more time to study its contents before an October 31 deadline.
Lawmakers backed an amendment which effectively forces the government to request an extension until January next year, while they scrutinised the proposed domestic legislation to enforce the deal with Brussels.
Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has vowed to stick to an October 31 Brexit deadline, despite MPs winning more time to study a divorce deal he struck with Brussels.
Mr Johnson implored legislators in the House of Commons to ratify the deal he struck this week with the other 27 EU leaders.
He said that the members of the House of Commons should come together as democrats to end this debilitating feud that has wracked the country for more than three years.
He told lawmakers that now was the time for what he described as the great House to come together as he believed that people at home were hoping and expecting. But he may not get the vote he craves.