UK’s Johnson heads for new defeat in Brexit crisis

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced another parliamentary defeat on Monday in a vote on holding early elections as Brexit turmoil deepened, with the House of Commons speaker promising to resign within weeks.

“Parliament will be prorogued at close of business today,” Johnson’s spokesman said at a daily briefing, using the parliamentary term for the suspension. Bercow has faced withering criticism from eurosceptics for a perceived anti-Brexit bias, but has been praised by supporters for sticking up for parliament’s right to have a say in the tortuous Brexit process.“We degrade this parliament at our peril,” he warned lawmakers, to a sustained standing ovation from largely opposition MPs.

The British leader ordered the shutdown in an apparent bid to stymie a cross-party block by MPs opposed to a possible no-deal Brexit. It appeared to backfire by galvanising them into passing legislation last week that forces Johnson to seek another delay to Brexit if he has failed to reach a deal at an October 17-18 EU summit.

The British leader wants the bloc to scrap a special provision in the deal agreed by May to keep the Northern Irish border open in all circumstances after Brexit, arguing “alternative arrangements” exist.

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