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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was "confident" Friday in the vote of deputies. REUTERS / Francois Lenoir

After wringing a deal on Brexit from the European Union, Thursday, October 17, remains whether it is likely to be validated by British MPs Saturday, October 19.

Tractions continue this Friday, October 18 in Westminster. Deciding to leave the United Kingdom of the EU on October 31, Boris Johnson said he was " confident " that this " very good agreement " would be approved this Saturday, October 19th in an exceptional vote.

For the DUP, it's no

The Prime Minister needs to rally 320 MPs to pass the agreement ripped off Thursday by the House of Commons and the Prime Minister has only 287 Conservative MPs. And the game is very tight for what appears to be the last-chance vote for the Brexiters, as the ten Northern Ireland MEPs from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), allies of its conservative minority government, have announced they will vote against .

When the DUP unionists voted against Theresa May's agreement, they could not imagine ending up a few months later with the prospect of a border in the Irish Sea, their worst nightmare. Nothing will convince them to vote in favor of this agreement, which they regard as a betrayal on the part of Boris Johnson.

Go out at any cost

For the toughest Brexiters in the Conservative Party, on which they relied, as for the most moderate, even those who voted against an exit without agreement and who were excluded from the Conservative Party by Boris Johnson, the deal is different: it is about their political survival and that of their party. They could be seduced.

The task is more difficult when it comes to convincing Labor. Their leader Jeremy Corbyn has already rejected this agreement, but the Labor Brexiters, under pressure from their constituents, could be tempted by what is perhaps the last opportunity to leave the European Union. Boris Johnson would then win on all fronts by dividing the main opposition party.

The British press calls for an end

The pro-Brexit newspapers are aware of the difficulty of betting and their Unes are direct exhortations to parliamentarians not to derail the deal. " The Prime Minister has done his duty, now the deputies must do theirs, " asks The Daily Mail . " Just do it! " Do it ," exclaims the exasperated Daily Express tabloid who quotes a poll suggesting that 65 percent of voters want parliamentarians to support the government's deal.

" It's my deal or no deal " title The Telegraph . The newspaper, to which Boris Johnson regularly contributes, believes that the conservative leader will issue an ultimatum to the deputies but is under threat of an attempt by the anti-Brexit to condition the vote for the agreement to the holding of a second confirmation referendum.

But for the pro-European daily The Guardian , Boris Johnson will have to fend for himself after the EU refusal to exclude a new Brexit postponement as the prime minister would have liked. However, the account is not there yet and the Times predicts Boris Johnson's frenzied charm offensive in the next 24 hours to sell his deal, notably to pro-Brexit labor representatives.