The government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his majority in Parliament, which was only one vote away, with the defection of Conservative MP Phillip Lee, who joined the Liberal Democratic Party, a Euroophile.
"The Conservative government is aggressively pursuing a damaging (consequences) Brexit, endangering lives ... and unjustifiably threatening the integrity of the United Kingdom," Phillip Lee said in a statement. joined the opposition benches Tuesday as Boris Johnson made a statement in front of a boiling Parliament.