Brexit - what is happening now?

The UK is scheduled to leave the EU on 31 October with or without an agreement. Boris Johnson has deadlocked the agreement his predecessor negotiated and says he wants a new one, but British requirements may call the hand of the EU.

After the political days of the last days, there are now some things that may or will happen next, according to the British BBC who draws the map roughly like this:

Parliament has repeatedly voted against a contractless Brexit, but right now some members are trying to prevent it by law. On Wednesday, the lower house voted yes to the bill as if the EU approves it means that the resignation will take place on 31 January.

It must be approved by the upper house and then the queen. But if the proposal is to be approved, it is time out - Johnson has, through a separate resolution, made it temporarily shut down on September 9.

If attempts by legislation to stop a Brexit without a deal fail, Johnson's critics still have the possibility of a vote of no confidence. Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn has previously said he intends to do so.

Then either a new Johnson government or someone with another prime minister must win a vote of confidence not to announce new elections.

Boris Johnson is currently trying to get a new election on October 15, that is, just over two weeks before the UK exit. To get through it, he needs two-thirds of Parliament's support, which he has failed to get.

Another possibility is to legislate for a new general election, which would only require a simple majority.

The government would prefer to leave the EU with an agreement, but Johnson has deadlocked what the predecessor Theresa May negotiated with the EU. The British government is now hoping to come up with a new agreement, but the demands it has made have been dismissed from the EU side.

The legal possibility of suspending the British exit from the EU exists, but it is not Johnson's government is interested so it would have required major shifts in British policy.