Brexit: British MPs Defeat Boris Johnson, Election Looms Just six weeks after taking office, the Conservative leader was hit by a huge rebellion among his own MPs.
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament’s Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Britain’s Prime. AFPPrime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy on Tuesday, which could delay Britain’s exit from the European Union next month and force an early election.
However, it is not certain he will succeed as it requires the support of two-thirds of MPs — and the opposition Labour party is deeply distrustful of Johnson’s motives. However, there are not yet any formal negotiations with the EU and MPs are increasingly fearful of a disorderly divorce, which they believe could cause significant economic damage.
Lee said in his resignation letter that the Conservative party “has become infected with the twin diseases of populism and English nationalism” as a result of Brexit. But government minister Jacob Rees-Mogg said the move sought to “confound the referendum result” after Britons voted for Brexit in 2016.
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