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brooklynite

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Thu Sep 5, 2019, 06:55 AM Sep 2019

Lords agree to push through bill preventing no-deal Brexit by end of Friday

Source: The Guardian

The House of Lords has agreed to progress a backbench bill seeking to block a no-deal Brexit, as Boris Johnson prepared to make a speech calling again for Labour to allow a general election.

At about 1.30am on Thursday, following hours of debate, peers were told that the cross-party bill, tabled by Labour’s Hilary Benn, would be returned to the lower house by 5pm on Friday, ruling out the prospect of fresh attempts at a filibuster.

It could then be voted on again by MPs on Monday and presented for royal assent, the Lords heard. Peers are due to debate the Benn bill itself and amendments on Thursday.

The bill had already been passed by the Commons with the assistance of rebel Tories, after they helped to seize control of the parliamentary agenda to rush the measure through. Johnson responded to the backbench efforts on Wednesday by seeking a snap election under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. However, opposition parties abstained or opposed the vote, denying the PM the necessary two-thirds majority – and meaning he has lost every Commons vote so far.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/05/brexit-lords-agree-to-push-through-bill-preventing-no-deal-by-end-of-friday

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Lords agree to push through bill preventing no-deal Brexit by end of Friday (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2019 OP
Oooooooooooooooooo! empedocles Sep 2019 #1
The Takeaway: "....he has lost every Commons vote so far." 3Hotdogs Sep 2019 #2
Boris's term will be shorter than Donald's BlueMississippi Sep 2019 #3
And when Churchills grandson got up and basically said fascist are still fascist ............... turbinetree Sep 2019 #4

turbinetree

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4. And when Churchills grandson got up and basically said fascist are still fascist ...............
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 09:22 AM
Sep 2019

old Boris blew a gasket..........................

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