Johnson To Call For Snap Election After Conservatives Suffer Key Parliamentary Defeat
In a dramatic day, a defection robbed Johnson's ruling Conservative Party of its single-seat majority in Parliament and lawmakers set the way to vote to prevent the U.K. from a no-deal Brexit.
by Colin Dwyer
Sep 03, 2019
3 minutes
Updated at 6 p.m. ET
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is ready to call a snap election after lawmakers cleared the way for a vote on Wednesday to prevent the U.K. from leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement at the end of October.
The announcement was the culmination of a dramatic day that saw a defection rob Johnson and his ruling Conservative Party of their single-seat majority in Parliament.
"I don't want an election, but if
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