• United Kingdom: The decisive week of Brexit: Thursday, the key vote in the British Parliament
  • Brexit.John Bercow refuses to vote on Boris Johnson's exit agreement in the British Parliament

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has directly threatened early elections if his EU Withdrawal Agreement law is rejected by Westminster. "I cannot consent for this to take several more months," Johnson said during the debate in the House of Commons. "If Parliament prevents Brexit from happening, I will withdraw the law and we have to go to general elections."

Johnso has launched its final offensive in Parliament to approve its agreement with Brussels in three days. "People don't want any more delays," Johnson himself anticipated on Twitter. "We will finish Brexit on October 31 and we will move this country forward."

In the early afternoon of Tuesday, Johnson has opened the debate on the Law of the Withdrawal Agreement (EU), hoping to get a favorable first vote that would be in any case indicative (the binding vote in the House of the Commons would occur on Thursday, pending a final ratification after the passage of the law by the House of Lords).

Johnson has lamented the missed opportunity last Saturday, when former conservative Oliver Letwin presented an amendment (approved by 322 votes to 306) that forced him to ask Brussels for an extension of Brexit and to postpone the vote of his own agreement for fear of parliamentary defeat.

"Today we have the opportunity to amend what happened and complete Brexit," said the 'premier' before the double test of fire on Tuesday, which will also vote on the calendar with the times to approve legislation before 31 October.

Johnson could achieve a symbolic victory in the indicative vote or 'second reading' of his law, with the help of twenty deputies expelled from the Conservative Party and with the support of a significant number of pro-Brexit Labor activists willing to challenge their leader Jeremy Corbyn

But the decisive vote will be the one that takes place later, when Parliament determines the calendar proposed by the Government to force the machine and arrive on time on October 31. Dozens of deputies have criticized Johnson for trying to pass his law in a "lightning" time (three days, in contrast to the 11 for the Lisbon Treaty vote or the 23 for the Maastricht Treaty) and without even having information on the impact economic departure.

The deputies expelled from the Conservative Party, headed by former Treasury Secretary Philip Hammond and former Secretary of International Cooperation Rory Stewart , have expressed concern over the possibility that the Government could finally opt for an exit without agreement after the transition period which culminates in December 2020.

Boris Johnson has held two-way negotiations until the last moment with the aim of achieving a double victory today that gives him enough guarantees to carry out the law and overcome even the planned bombing of amendments. Downing Street sources, however, inform the BBC that the government could withdraw the processing of the law if it loses the vote on the calendar.

In that case, and if the European Parliament simultaneously approves the extension of Brexit, Johnson could finally throw the glove and challenge the opposition to call for early elections before three months to break the political 'impasse'.

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