Iran Press/ Europe: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to ask the European Union for an extension to the Brexit process, an outcome he once notoriously described as worse than being 'dead in a ditch'.
Downing Street demonstrated Johnson's disdain for the process by sending an unsigned photocopy of the legally mandated letter by email to the EU Council President, Donald Tusk. It was accompanied by a covering letter from a senior civil servant explaining that the letter was being sent in order to comply with a law passed by Parliament last month which is designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
Letter sent by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the EU Council as required by the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 unsigned.
MPs voted on an amendment on Saturday that delays a meaningful vote on Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal deal which passed by 322 votes to 306. Johnson responded with defiance.
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This latest loss means the Prime Minister cannot secure parliamentary approval for his deal by the end of October and is required by the terms of the so-called Benn Act to ask Brussels for an extension.
As British lawmakers argued inside, hundreds of thousands of pro-EU supporters brought Westminster to a complete standstill, suggesting that the Prime Minister has failed to convince many Brits to support his deal as well.
Yet after all this time of negotiations, debates, and votes the UK is still some way off from resolving this political crisis which has dragged-on for years.
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