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Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought an early general election in the hope of gaining ground in Parliament in support of the question that has roiled British politics since 2016: leaving the EU.
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Days before the Oct. 31 deadline to leave the EU, the bloc signed off on a British request to postpone it again. With the deadline reset to Jan. 31, the U.K. appears little closer to a clean exit.
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In compliance with the Letwin Amendment, approved 322 to 306 on Saturday, a reluctant Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the Oct. 31 no-deal deadline.
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It looks like a big breakthrough in Britain's long process to leave the European Union, but the saga doesn't end here.
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The prime minister said that he'd forged a new agreement that would allow the European Union to keep collecting value-added tax from Northern Ireland and allow special treatment for some Irish goods.
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The former prime minister, who called for the referendum that unleashed the ongoing turmoil around Britain's exit from the EU, says he is "deeply depressed by what's happening."
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing new calls to resign. The Supreme Court ruled Parliament is not in fact suspended — because Johnson's advice to the queen was unlawful.
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Lawmakers barred the prime minister from pursuing a no-deal Brexit, then rejected his bid to call early elections. Now, as Parliament begins a suspension he requested, Johnson is in a tight spot.
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The prime minister failed to garner the two-thirds of members necessary for an election he wanted to hold on Oct. 15.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is not planning to seek early elections — though observers say that may change if his political opponents push through a bill blocking a no-deal Brexit.