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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he was asking parliament to approve a national election to take place on December 12 as part of his efforts to ensure Britain leaves the European Union. Johnson said in a letter to opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that if the European Union offers Britain a Brexit delay to January 31 then he would seek to pass legislation to ratify his exit deal by November 6 and would make available “all possible time” to do so. This would mean Brexit could be completed before a December 12 election. If parliament, which earlier this…

French Europe Minister, Amelie de Montchalin, questioned whether an additional delay to the Brexit process was justified, after the British parliament rejected the government’s accelerated timetable to approve a deal negotiated with the European Union. Lawmakers in Westminster backed the withdrawal agreement itself but refused Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to speed up the process, designed in order to respect the current October 31 deadline, saying it did not allow for proper scrutiny of the legislation. On Saturday Johnson was forced by parliament to send a letter to the European Union requesting an extension. European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted…

The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Nigel Dodds, asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to “sit down and talk” to the party after a defeat in parliament made ratification of his deal by the October 31 deadline almost impossible. In another day of Brexit drama in the 800-year-old Westminster parliament, lawmakers handed Johnson the first major parliamentary victory of his premiership by signalling their support for his withdrawal deal in an early legislative hurdle. But that was overshadowed just minutes later when parliament defeated him on his timetable to rush the legislation through the House of Commons in…

Cabinet ministers arrived at Downing Street ahead of two pivotal votes in parliament that will decide if Prime Minister Boris Johnson can deliver on his promise to lead the United Kingdom out of the European Union in nine days’ time. As the clock ticks down to the latest Oct. 31 deadline for Britain’s departure, Brexit is hanging in the balance as a divided parliament debates when, how and even whether it should happen. In yet another day of high drama, MP’s will vote at around 1800 GMT on the 115-page Withdrawal Agreement Bill and then vote on the government’s extremely…

The UK government published the full text of its European Union Withdrawal Agreement bill on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces potentially perilous ratification of the Brexit separation deal in parliament after the speaker refused to allow a vote on it on Monday. With just 10 days left until the United Kingdom is due to leave the European Union on Oct. 31, the split is again in disarray as Britain’s politicians argue over whether to leave with a deal, exit without a deal or hold another referendum. The government is trying to get the legislation needed for Britain to…

On Monday, the government will make a second attempt to hold the meaningful vote, presenting MPs with a straight choice to approve or oppose the deal in principle. Whether the Speaker, John Bercow, will allow that, though, is not yet clear – he could rule it out on the grounds it amounts to debating the same matter twice. No 10 said: “Letwin’s delay amendment turned Saturday into a meaningless vote and denied MPs and the public the chance to end the uncertainty.” It added: “Parliament needs a straight up-and-down vote on the deal – do MPs want to respect the…

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior members of Congress made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan and met with top Afghan leaders. Pelosi, who traveled to Afghanistan after a stop in Jordan on Saturday (October 19), met Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani and civil society leaders, including Afghan women. Her visit came as U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden withdrawal of troops from northeastern Syria raised questions about the United States’ commitment to its allies. Trump last month broke off negotiations with Afghan Taliban militants aimed at ending the United States’ longest war, a move…

One of the most prominent figures against independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia staged a counter-protest after a week of separatist unrest and called for an end to the violence. Albert Rivera, head of the pro-unionist Ciudadanos party, told hundreds of flag-waving supporters that Spain’s acting Socialist government was not doing enough to end the chaos sparked by the jailing of separatist leaders. Protesters waved Spanish, European and Estalada (Catalan separatist) flags in Sant Jaume square outside the Government of Catalonia’s headquarters and in front of police headquarters. Demonstrators attending the rally said they were there to support the…

After Parliament voted on an extension to a BREXIT, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pulled the debate on the new BREXIT Deal and was forced by law, to send an extension request to the EU. In a move that some branded as an attempt to frustrate the Law (The Ben Act), he sent an unsigned photocopy letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc but added another “Dear Donald” note in which he explained that he did not want a “deeply corrosive” Brexit extension. Johnson had previously said he would rather be “dead in a…

Boris Johnson will attempt to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal today ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. However, the Northern Islands DUP’s have expressed opposition to his plans, because of concessions made by the UK to the EU on customs checks at points of entry into Northern Ireland, among other issues.  This means he faces a battle to get the agreement through Parliament and so the PM is expected to focus his attention on Labour MPs in Leave-voting areas, a group of Tory Brexiteers, and rebels he expelled from…