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10 September 2019 Only 293 yes and 49 no. This result of the vote in the House of Commons on the motion presented by Boris Johson to be able to go to new elections in mid-October is the umpteenth defeat of the British premier. He would have needed two thirds of the votes, 434 yes, in order to be able to redesign the face of Westminter in case of victory and finally have the necessary support for an exit without agreement from the European Union"The vote is the only way to get out of the impasse." Thus the prime minister had spoken before the English parliament, presenting the motion for early elections. The reality, he had added: "is that an early vote is the only way to deliver to the prime minister, whoever he is, the strongest possible mandate to negotiate at the next European council", explaining that if early elections are not approved he would not however asked Brussels for another postponement on Brexit but it would have tried to reach some agreement. Johnnson did not explain how he thinks he can negotiate a new agreement, let alone how he thinks he can overcome the 'backstop' obstacle: the safeguard clause wanted by Brussels to prevent it from returning to a financial frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
The Labor opposition in parliament has admitted it wants the elections, but "it would not have been put in the trap by the Tory prime minister", and would first like to make sure that the country does not leave the EU on October 31 without an agreement with Europe. The Labor leader said that tonight, responding to Johnson in the House of Commons and confirming his party's refusal as the other opposition forces to support the government's motion for an early vote on October 15th.
Corbyn then accused the prime minister of having decided to suspend parliament to "escape the scrutiny of his actions" and to "close democracy"; he also warned him to respect the anti-no-deal law that requires a request for a postponement of the brexit in the absence of agreement with the eu and to respect the role of parliament. Along the same lines the other leaders of the opposition, from the libdem, jo swinson, to the leader of the Scottish independentists of the SNP, Ian Blackford, who said: "we want the elections, but not in terms of an unreliable prime minister".
Johnson had resumed a motion in the House to immediately go to elections, in the wake of very favorable election polls and above all because he never intended to execute Benn Bill. The motion, which became law a few days ago, commits the premier to ask Brussels for a postponement of the Brexit to 31 January 2020. In recent days it had threatened: rather than asking for a new postponement, I prefer to let me find myself dead in a ditch.