• Exit from the EU The EU agrees to extend Brexit until January 31

The House of Commons has denied Boris Johnson the call for early elections on December 12. Despite winning the vote (by 299 to 70), the 'premier' did not achieve the necessary majority of two thirds (434 votes) to dissolve Parliament. The abstention of the Labor Party was decisive to thwart the plans of the conservative leader, who already failed in two previous attempts. In total, the 'premier' has run out of the 135 votes needed to make his proposal happen.

"I will not allow this paralysis," Johnson said as soon as he learned of the failure of his new attempt at early elections. "This House cannot have more time for the British people as a hostage." Hours earlier, the 'premier addressed a letter to the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, informing that he accepts the extension of Brexit but will not allow further delays beyond January 31.

Johnson will however foreseeably return to the load on Tuesday with an alternative proposal, "stolen" from the Liberal Democratic Party and the Scottish National Party. The 'premier' will try to force the call for elections this time by simple majority, processed as an amendment to the Law of Fixed Parliamentary Terms.

Liberal Democrats and Scottish nationalists have even proposed to advance the election date to December 9 , which would force the dissolution of Parliament in the first week of November and leave the Brexit agreement negotiated with Brussels by Boris Johnson.

The 'premier' has indicated in advance his "interest" in this proposal, which would leave the Labor Party of Jeremy Corbyn in the lurch, caught between the great internal divisions. Corbyn has indicated that he will only support new elections if Johnson permanently withdraws from the table the option of an EU exit without agreement .

"The Labor Party has run out of excuses," Johnson said at the opening of the parliamentary debate. "This Parliament has come to an end and no longer represents the priorities of the British people."

Johnson announced in advance his intention to recommend to the Queen the constitution of a new Parliament "before December 23" . The 'premier' has not yet revealed whether he plans to force the approval of his agreement in the next two weeks or if he prefers to postpone it until there is an "arithmetic change" in Westminster.

In a tense tone, making its way through boos and repeated calls to the order of the 'speaker' John Bercow, Jeremy Corbyn summarized the position of his party before the call for elections: "The reason we oppose is that simple: no we trust the prime minister . "

"Flextension"

The approval of Brussels to a "flextension" of three months for Brexit was received with a bittersweet mixture of reproaches and relief in Westminster. Boris Johnson loaded the inks on Parliament, which he accused of interfering with his path and not allowing the EU to leave on October 31, as he promised upon his arrival at Downing Street more than three months ago.

Johnson was forced to eat his own words ("before dead than in a ditch") and had to ask for Brexit extension, in compliance with a law passed by the parliamentary majority. The 'premier' sent to Brussels an unsigned letter requesting the extension and another, signed, alleging that it seemed a "mistake." The 27, however, took the first letter for granted and authorized the extension on Monday.

"The Prime Minister achieved what seemed impossible: secure a new agreement and propose a timetable that would have allowed us to leave the EU on October 31," said a spokesman for Downing Street. "Parliament got in the way and prevented Brexit from being met."

Johnson plans to use that argument as an electoral weapon, despite having been unable to fulfill the promise with which he came to power. The Conservative Party continues to take advantage of Boris' "pull" in the polls with 32% of voting intention, according to the latest poll by YoyGov, compared to 22% of the Labor Party, 19% of the Liberal Democratic Party and 11% of the Brexit party.

The advance of the elections suits both conservatives and liberal Democrats, eager to capitalize on their rise in the polls, as well as Scottish nationalists, who have regained ground on behalf of Brexit and aspire to give a boost to a new independence referendum.

The strategy of the second referendum

The indecision of Jeremy Corbyn has in turn billed the Labor and has blown up the strategy of the second referendum. "We have tried many times, but Corbyn has always been lost in action and we have not been able to achieve a majority, " said Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, when explaining the change in strategy of his party: a second referendum to an early election on December 9 (directly proposing the revocation of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty).

The political realignment also occurs coinciding with the internal divisions within the People's Vote campaign. Ten days after bringing together a million anti-Brexit protesters in the streets of London, the campaign has jumped through the air due to a struggle of egos and lack of unity among those in favor of "permanence."

Roland Rudd (brother of former Conservative Minister Amber Rudd) has caused the escape of dozens of campaign members after the dismissal of director James McGrory and communications chief Tom Baldwin. Rudd, who directs the think tank Open Britain, hit the hand during the weekend, with the intention of forcing the definitive turn propermanence to the group that until now had admitted in their ranks representatives of all political forces, supporters of a new EU referendum.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Boris johnson
  • Jeremy Corbyn
  • London
  • Brexit

UKBoris Johnson wants a new Parliament before Christmas

United Kingdom, United Kingdom, towards early elections?

Divorce in the EU Boris Johnson reiterates that the United Kingdom will leave the EU on October 31