UK's Johnson scores rare win - but Brexiteers' joy is short-lived
2019-10-23 09:34:01 source：The Aljazeera
October 23, 2019
London, United Kingdom - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has scored a political victory by convincing the UK's divided parliament to back a Brexit deal for the first time in two years of political turmoil.
In another dramatic day in UK politics, MPs on Tuesday backed by 329 votes to 299 the second reading of a bill setting out his withdrawal agreement with the European Union - in what Johnson called a "joyful" moment.
However, parliamentarians immediately rejected the prime minister's bid to fast-track his Brexit legislation so that he could meet his "do or die" October 31 deadline for the UK to quit the EU.
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