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Will Boris Johnson get the 2019 election he craves?

29 October 2019

6:57 AM

29 October 2019

6:57 AM

By the end of the day tomorrow, we will know if Boris Johnson is going to get the 2019 election he craves. Minutes ago he responded to the government’s failure to get the two thirds vote necessary for an election under tonight’s Fixed-term Parliament Act motion by saying that the government would present a bill legislating for an election on the 12 December.

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