Boris Johnson is pushing for Dec. 12 election in hopes of breaking the Brexit stalemate that foiled his plan to leave European Union in October.
The European Union agreed to delay Brexit until Jan. 31 — making the concession just three days before Britain was due to become the first country ever to leave the 28-nation bloc.
The House of Commons is voting later Tuesday on the government’s bill calling for a Dec. 12 election. Corbyn’s support means it is very likely to pass, although opposition politicians could press the government to alter the date by a day or two.To win support from opposition parties, Johnson has shelved his contentious EU Brexit deal until after the election.
The Liberal Democrats and Scottish National Party have proposed an earlier election date of Dec. 9 to reduce the possibility that Johnson could try to pass his EU divorce bill — which would allow Britain to leave the bloc and hand Johnson a major political achievement — before the campaign begins. “It cannot be the 12th,” said Liberal Democrat lawmaker Chuka Ummuna, who suggested his party could accept a compromise date of Dec. 10 or 11.Opinion polls currently give Johnson’s Conservatives a lead over Labour, but there’s a strong chance that an election could produce a Parliament as divided over Brexit as the current one. As it stands, Britain is not scheduled to hold a general election until 2022.
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