Brexit Delay

The UK Parliament voted against Boris Johnson’s deal 322 to 306.  “Clean Break” supporter Nigel Farage says the Johnson deal leaves the UK tied to the EU and doesn’t achieve UK independence from the EU.

In 2016, UK voters voted to leave the EU, but the UK Parliament did not agree with the voters and decided to ignore the vote. That led to a series of delays that have lasted for 3 years.  The exit date is 10/31/19. See below.

MPs back Brexit deal delay, 10/19/19, BBC
 
'Unchanged'- But Mr. Johnson said he was not "daunted or dismayed" and he still believed the best thing for the UK was to leave the EU later this month on the basis of his "excellent deal".

Boris Johnson has said he will press on "undaunted" with his Brexit strategy despite MPs backing the principle of a further delay to the process.

The PM has vowed to introduce legislation needed to implement his agreement in Parliament next week.

But he will have to ask the EU for an extension beyond 31 October after MPs backed a motion designed to rule out a no-deal exit by 322 votes to 306.

The EU said it was up to the UK to "inform it of the next steps". Live: Reaction as MPs tell PM to ask for Brexit delay

The motion, which was tabled by Independent MP Sir Oliver Letwin, "withholds approval" for Boris Johnson's Brexit deal until legislation implementing it has been passed.

It was due to be followed by a vote on the main government motion - whether or not to back the deal. The motion - amended because of the vote on Sir Oliver's amendment - was approved without MPs going into the division lobbies.

A vote on a cross-party amendment on preventing a no-deal referendum and holding a second referendum was also dropped.

The defeat is a serious setback for the PM, who has repeatedly insisted that the UK will leave at the end of the month come what may.

"I will not negotiate a delay with the EU and neither does the law compel me to do," he said.

He said he did not believe the EU would be "attracted" by a further delay and his policy remained "unchanged".

But Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said the defeat represented an "emphatic" rejection of the PM's strategy and he must now comply with the law in seeking a further extension.

The Democratic Unionists, who backed the Letwin amendment, said the delay would allow for further scrutiny of the PM's agreement - emphasizing that its support would depend on preserving the "constitutional and economic" integrity of the UK.

Sir Oliver Letwin said the move meant the UK would not "crash out" of the EU on 31 October without a deal if the necessary legislation was held up or derailed.

Under the terms of the Benn Act passed last month, the PM is legally obliged to ask the EU for a further delay if Parliament has not approved an agreement by then.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-50110601

Brexit Deal Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm8l_XLsfXE

Northern Ireland would continue to function in the EU.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN90gg2koQM

Comments

The UK Parliament refuses to implement the 2016 vote. Unlike the voters, they prefer to remain in the EU. The UK courts failed to uphold the primacy of the 2016 vote. A new election of the Parliament is in order.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader