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24 October 2019

Boris Johnson intends to propose to Parliament the convening of early elections in the United Kingdom for 12 December next. He said it himself at the BBC after a meeting of the Cabinet Council. The conservative premier added that he is ready to give more time to the chambers to discuss the ratification of the agreement he reached with Brussels on Brexit - whose iter sprint was rejected by Westminster - provided that the parliamentarians agree to say yes to the elections before Christmas.

The proposal should be formalized in Parliament on Monday, after Brussels has decided on the duration of the extension of the exit of the Kingdom from the EU beyond October 31: extension to which there is for now a generic agreement in principle between the 27, but without which there would be only the road to a divorce no deal at the end of the month, after the failure to unlock the stall in Westminster these days.

Johnson, in an interview with the BBC, said he was convinced that the extension by the EU would eventually be granted, while reiterating that he remained personally opposed to the postponement. He then invited the Labor opposition - whose leader Jeremy Corbyn had repeatedly said he was ready to accept the challenge of voting once the extension had been obtained and that the no-deal risk was no longer on the table - to say yes this aimed at the pro election motion that the government intends to present next week. So that the Chamber can be dissolved on November 6 and the electoral campaign can begin.

"We Tories intend to campaign so that the people of this country get rid of the protection of this Parliament, already survived beyond the limits of its usefulness", continued the prime minister, returning to polemicize with the obstacles opposed so far by Westminster to the implementation of Brexit

The House of Commons approves the Queen's Speech
Meanwhile, Johnson tears another victory in the House of Commons, which approved the contents of the Queen's Speech tonight, without significant amendments, that is the lines of the program for the coming months read by the queen according to traditions in a reunited Chamber. The yeses were 310, the no 299. Immediately after the Minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, Leader of the House, formalized the presentation for Monday of a motion for the convening of elections on December 12, but the Labor opposition for now has took time.