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British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call to hold an early election on Dec. 12 in a bid to break the political deadlock over Brexit.

A former Labour MP has criticised his party’s “absurd enthusiasm” for the antidemocratic European Union, a position he says conflicts with Labour’s traditional working-class agenda.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is concerned that the next round of negotiations with the EU will end in a ‘no deal’ because London wants more freedom and Brussels demands regulatory control over the region.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the latest delay Parliament’s fault, not his, while London Mayor Sadiq Khan celebrates Brexit being prevented again.

The EU27 is expected to vote today on a three-month extension to Article 50 until January 31st, 2020, with the possibility of the United Kingdom leaving early if a deal has been secured.

LONDON (AP) – Two British opposition parties on Sunday proposed an even earlier election date than Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered, trying to force his government to delay a final decision on its European Union divorce deal.

The UK has climbed from ninth to eighth in the World Bank’s list of most friendly countries to do business as the nation prepares to leave the EU. The country overtook Norway in the rankings, according to The Times, with international

The EU is expected to delay a decision on whether to grant an extension of Article 50 amidst recent election uncertainty, whilst France remains an obstacle to a long Brexit delay.

The United Kingdom “won’t be able to leave on October 31st” because of “the actions of Parliament and especially Jeremy Corbyn”, Chancellor Sajid Javid said speaking for the government on Friday morning.

John Major has told young people that Brexit was a “colossal mistake” and that he hopes one day they will force the UK to rejoin the EU.

In a letter to Jeremy Corbyn, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for a general election on December 12th, scrapping his pledge to leave the European Union by October 31st, “do or die”.

European leaders are expected to grant parliament’s request for a Brexit extension on Friday, breaking the pledge Prime Minister Boris Johnson made to Britons to take the UK out of the EU on October 31st.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could make a third attempt to call a snap election, according to reports.

The head of the police service in Northern Ireland has warned that any Brexit deal seen to threaten the United Kingdom could lead to disorder.

More than twice as many Britons support an “immediate” General Election to select a fresh Parliament as those who oppose.  The composition of the House of Commons remains the primary roadblock to Brexit moving forward.

Nigel Farage has warned that Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement bill “is not Brexit” and has urged the prime minister to join forces with his Brexit Party and embrace No Deal.

…And among those who would have voted Leave were Jesus and Winston Churchill.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk had told European leaders to grant the UK an extension to Article 50 to stop a no-deal Brexit.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could push for a snap election if the European Union backs a Brexit delay to January 31st, 2020.

A bid to get UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s hotly contested Brexit deal delivered in time for the promised October 31st deadline appears to have failed.

British-Polish Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski has urged Poland to defy the “mafia cartel” EU and veto a delay to Brexit.

The United Kingdom will still be subject to European Union laws for up to three years after Brexit day under Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s withdrawal agreement.

Top Eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker has articulated an evidently growing feeling within the European Union that the protracted Brexit process has robbed the bloc of the chance to advance its plans for years, calling the process “a waste of time, and a waste of energy.”

Last week the BBC published its annual list of the most inspiring and influential women from around the globe. But conservative women in the United Kingdom called out the media outlet for only focusing on not only left-wing women but controversial figures while leaving out exceptional conservative individuals who hold a different worldview.

Analysts predict MPs could back Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill, with the prime minister pushing to have all legislation passed to allow for Brexit by October 31st.

The U.S. Department of State told Breitbart London it respects the sovereignty of European states on Friday after appearing to swerve from President Trump’s long-standing commitment to Brexit and independent nation-states by publicly backing the further expansion of the European Union.

Anti-Brexit Members of Parliament are outraged the government wants them to vote more than once on Brexit after they gave the wrong answer the first time — an ironic position given the determined push to have a second referendum on whether to leave the European Union, as one Brexiteer member pointed out Monday afternoon.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to lead Britain out of the European Union at the end of this month hit another roadblock Monday when the speaker of the House of Commons rejected his attempt to hold a new vote of lawmakers on his Brexit divorce deal.

England expects. But does it remember? Some lessons from the all but forgotten Lord Nelson on a once important day in our collective national memory.

Boris Johnson’s government is ramping up preparations for a clean, no-deal break with the European Union on October 31st — but the bloc may be about to extend the Brexit deadline until 2020.

Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow may block a “meaningful vote” on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal on Monday.

(AP) — The opposition Labour Party’s Brexit spokesman has re-emphasized his party’s support for a second referendum on Britain’s divorce deal with the European Union.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sent the European Union two letters: one asking for a yet another Brexit delay, in accordance with Parliament’s “Surrender Act”, and another saying he does not want one. 

Footage has emerged showing an anti-Brexit mob hounding Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg and his young son as they walk home from the Palace of Westminster.

(AP) — British lawmakers have voted to postpone a decision on whether to back a Brexit deal with the European Union, throwing a wrench into government plans to leave the bloc at the end of this month.

Ian Paisley Jr, the Northern Irish MP and son of firebrand Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) founder The Reverend Ian Paisley (Lord Bannside), has vowed there will be “no surrender” to a European Union deal which divides the United Kingdom.