Brexit deal extension –Boris Johnson left with yet another headache from UK parliament

The decision to have Brexit extended to January 31 has come
as setback to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

With the parliament scheduled to vote on Boris proposals to have an early general election on December 12,
his ‘”do or die” pledge to leave by 31 October is dead.’

The Premier is left with no option but to accept the law (the
Benn Act), which requires him to accept the EU’s extension offer.

This comes even as the parliament failed to agree a Brexit
deal, and MPs now insisting on having the December 9 election.

Parliament vote

According to the BBC, UK planned move by Thursday will not
happen and the EU has offered it a ‘flextension’ –meaning they could leave
before the deadline if a deal is approved by Parliament.

There are possible cases of having a
pre-Christmas election anyway, should Labour vote their plan down and government
introduce a bill “almost identical” to the Lib Dem/SNP option.

The Premier is trying to persuade MPs to agree to a new
timetable for his Brexit deal legislation and an election on Thursday 12
December, yet Lib Dem/SNP plan does not include a new timetable for his
legislation –the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

They want the December 9 because it would not leave enough
time for the bill to become law before Parliament is dissolved –which must
happen within a minimum of 25 working days before an election, BBC reports.

Source: BBC News