LONDON: A defiant Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain's departure from the European Union after parliament voted on Saturday to postpone a vote on his Brexit deal.
"I will tell our friends and colleagues in the EU exactly what I have told everyone else in the last 88 days that I have served as prime minister: That further delay would be bad for this country, bad for the European Union and bad for democracy."The vote however means the government will not hold a vote on its Brexit deal on Saturday as planned. Johnson said he would put it to a vote on Tuesday.
A law passed by Johnson's opponents obliges him to ask the EU for a Brexit delay until Jan 31, 2020, if he could not secure approval for his deal by the end of Saturday.
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