Whips and votes and early polls: what is going on in UK politics?

Boris Johnson has been defeated in parliament over Brexit by a rebellion of his own MPs

Boris Johnson has just lost a very significant vote in parliament, which has allowed MPs to seize control of the parliamentary timetable. It paves the way to introduce a bill that is designed to block a no-deal Brexit by forcing the prime minister to request an extension if he cannot strike a reworked divorce agreement with the rest of the EU.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2Lgyb5n
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