EU Agrees Brexit Extension To 31 January. Boris Johnson Fails To Get Enough Votes To Trigger An Early Election

Daily Mail: Labour bottles election AGAIN: Boris Johnson's latest bid to force ballot is blocked as he fails to win two-thirds support from MPs - but vows to try again TOMORROW amid signs SNP and Lib Dems could back new law

* EU said this morning it has agreed to push Brexit date back to January 31, 2020
* Delay came as MPs prepared to vote on PM's bid to hold pre-Christmas election
* Boris Johnson said Jeremy Corbyn has 'run out of excuses' for blocking election
* Mr Corbyn ordered his Labour MPs to abstain on motion to stage a snap poll
* PM failed to win support in crunch election vote tonight and moved to 'Plan B'
* He will now unveil a one-line Bill in hope of backing from the Lib Dems and SNP

Boris Johnson paved the way for a fresh bid to force a pre-Christmas election tomorrow - despite seeing his latest bid blocked by Jeremy Corbyn.

The Prime Minister failed to secure the two-thirds majority in the Commons needed to trigger an early ballot under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. Just 299 MPs voted for the motion, way short of the threshold of 434.

However, despite the blow, Mr Corbyn is now in danger of being embarrassingly outflanked as the SNP and Lib Dems are considering getting behind a new piece of legislation triggering a pre-Christmas election.

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WNU Editor: And so much for having an election to resolve this impasse in Parliament .... Boris Johnson fails in third attempt to call early general election (The Guardian). There will be another attempt tomorrow.

More News On the Political Crisis In The U.K.

The Latest: Boris Johnson will try again for early election -- AP
EU agrees Brexit delay as British parliament blocks December election -- Reuters
EU delays Brexit to Jan. 31; Johnson election bid fails -- AP
Brexit: Johnson agrees to Brexit extension - but urges election -- BBC
Boris Johnson admits that his 'do or die' vow to secure Brexit by October 31 will be broken after he accepts EU's three-month extension and blames Parliament for the delay -- Daily Mail
EU agrees to further delay Brexit until January 31 -- France 24
Donald Tusk: EU agrees to delay Brexit until January 31 -- DW
European Union agrees to grant United Kingdom three-month Brexit extension -- ABC News Online
EU agrees to delay Brexit until January 31 -- Al Jazeera

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