4th September 2019

Boris Johnson calls for election after losing Brexit votes

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By NY Post

NY Post - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday formally called for a snap general election after losing two votes that blocked him from taking Britain out of the EU without a deal.

The leader was humiliated as rebels from his own party turned against him and voted to take no deal off the table — which he damned as “without precedent in the history” of Parliament and forcing him to “surrender in international negotiations.”

“I refuse to do this and it is clear there is only one way forward for the country,” he said, demanding an early election on Oct. 15.

“The country must now decide whether the leader of the opposition or I go to those negotiations.”

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn raised huge cheers when he replied, “We want an election because we look forward to turfing this government out!”

However, he turned down the election offer until after Johnson followed the day’s voting and removed the “poison of a no-deal.”

He called the election a “cynical” move to go behind the vote and force through Brexit without a deal on Oct. 31.

Johnson needs the support of two-thirds of lawmakers to call an election, and was not expected to get it as parliamentarians continued debating Wednesday.

Johnson called the votes against him “very sad” and “a great dereliction of their democratic duty.”

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