Boris Johnson on course for pre-Christmas general election on December 12th
MPs vote by 438 to 20 to back a Bill enabling the election to take place on December 12.
MPs vote by 438 to 20 to back a Bill enabling the election to take place on December 12.
Vote Leave extremists were using an election to seize further control of the Conservative Party warned Philip Hammond.
The Prime Minister had urged the Commons to back his plan for a poll on December 12.
Despite an October 31 withdrawal looking increasingly unlikely, Johnson had vowed he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay it - a great look for Halloween costumes.
Boris Johnson previously said he would prefer to be “dead in a ditch” than fail to leave on October 31.
Johnson had vowed he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit past October 31, and the government has spent £100 million on adverts preparing the UK for a Halloween withdrawal.
Boris Johnson was also named the ghastliest figure of the 21st century by two-thirds of British children and adults, as October 31 looks increasingly likely to be celebrated as non-Brexit day as well as Halloween.
Only 18% of people believed the Tories would keep the NHS publicly-run, according to a Survation poll. The British public are ‘firmly against’ an NHS sell-off.
If the European Union gives the UK a Brexit delay until January 31 then the pro-Remain parties are prepared to give the PM the opportunity to have an election on new terms.
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