18-10-2019 23:36 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Johnson defiant after British parliament votes to force Brexit delay

A defiant Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain's departure from the European Union after losing a vote in parliament on Saturday that means he is obliged to request a postponement.Parliament voted 322 to 306 in favour of an amendment put forward by Oliver Letwin, a former Conservative cabinet minister, that withheld support for the Brexit deal Johnson clinched with the EU on Thursday.According to legislation passed earlier, the vote means Johnson is
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