The British Parliament is to rush a bill preventing Prime Minister Boris Johnson from leaving the EU on 31 October without a deal, with even lawmakers within his own Conservative Party supporting the legislation, despite Johnson’s warning that he would respond to any defeat by calling an early election.



Members of Johnson’s own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers on Tuesday’s initial vote to try to force a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union if he cannot secure a divorce deal with Brussels in the next few weeks.

If they win an initial vote, Johnson has threatened to call a snap election for 14 October in a bid to strengthen his hand, a senior government official said, cited by AP. The legislation would then require the prime minister to ask the EU for a three-month extension of Article 50, until 31 January

Tory rebels – who include former ministers and prominent backbenchers – have been warned that those who support the legislation published by Labour MP Hilary Benn earlier on Monday would face being expelled from the party and deselected.

But leading figures, including ex-Justice Secretary David Gauke, have insisted that despite the threat, they will press ahead and – in their words – put the “national interest” ahead of their own. Supporters of the bill argued it still provided the government with “sufficient time to carry out a genuine and... https://www.newsypeople.com/uk-lawmakers-to-vote-on-anti-no-deal-brexit-bill-on-tuesday-despite-johnsons-election-threat/