UK Parliament Votes 428-20 For Dec. 12th Election

October 29, 2019 Brexit, Britain

Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock.

After the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the United Kingdom, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on how, or indeed whether, to go ahead with Brexit.

Johnson, who had promised to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31 “do or die”, demanded a Dec. 12 election after parliament – where he has no majority – frustrated his attempts to ratify the last-minute divorce deal he struck with the EU earlier this month.

Fun fact: The last time the UK had a December election, it hadn’t accidentally turned itself into an international laughing stock for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) October 29, 2019

BREAKING: MPs have voted in favour of a general election on the 12 December.

YES: 438
NO: 20

MAJORITY: 418

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— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 29, 2019

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