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Boris Johnson has achieved what no prime minister to date: seven consecutive parliamentary defeats in Westminster (and a single victory) since he came to power almost three months ago. The premier lost the fragile majority that Theresa May came to have with the expulsion of 21 rebel tories and with the rupture of the alliance with the Norwegian unionists, in the final stretch of the negotiations ...

And yet, Johnson aspires to achieve parliamentary support for his agreement this Saturday. How? Bringing the ember to a handful of Brexit-friendly Labor and achieving a three-banded carambola to get the 61 votes missing. Johnson a priori has the guaranteed support of only 259 conservative deputies, compared to the 320 he would need to have a majority.

DUP

Johnson will not be able to count on the 10 deputies of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who broke the deck in full account. "As things stand, we cannot support the suggested solution for customs, for consent (the role of the local Stormont Assembly) and for the application of VAT in Northern Ireland." Unionist leader Arlene Foster and parliamentary spokesman Nigel Dodds accused Johnson of having opted for "desperate measures" and for jeopardizing "the economic and constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom." The DUP has not specified whether it will vote against the agreement or abstain .

Spartans

Despite having a total of 288 deputies, Johnson has yet to secure the support of his party's hard wing: the 'ultra-boxers' or 'Spartans', who sabotaged May's agreement to the third attempt. The group is made up of 28 deputies, attached to the influential European Research Group (ERG), and led by Steve Baker, who on Thursday hinted that it will be difficult to support the agreement without the support of the unionists.

Tories expelled

Johnson also desperately needs the support of the 20 deputies expelled from the party three weeks ago to vote in favor of the law blocking Brexit without agreement and listed as "independent" (Sam Gyimah escaped to the Liberal Democrats). Former Treasury Secretary Philip Hammond acts as a "ringleader" and has already criticized the tweaks introduced in the "political declaration" for the negotiation of the future agreement with the EU. Three deputies (Dominic Grieve, Justine Greening and Guto Bebb) have already anticipated that they will vote against the agreement, unless an amendment is included to submit it to popular consultation in a second referendum.

ProBrexit Labor

Boris Johnson's last hope is in the 19 proBrexit Labor who indicated in a joint letter their willingness to vote in favor of an agreement, challenging the orders of their own leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who on Thursday discredited Johnson's agreement as "worse than that Theresa May. " Corbyn is paying dearly for the incongruity bill before Brexit and faces a revolt in his own ranks. Deputy Louise Ellman left the party on Wednesday, accusing Corbyn of hearing deafness to anti-Semitism, and MP John Mann gave indications to vote in favor of the agreement, as did Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb.

Others

Four independents (Ian Austin, Sylvia Hermon, Frank Field and Stephe Lloyd) voted in favor of May's agreement on the last occasion and could also launch this time a lifeguard to the 'premier', who could also count 'in extremis' with the vote of his brother, Jo Johnson, who resigned from his Government alleging a conflict between "national interest and family loyalty."

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