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While hundreds of thousands on the streets demanded a new referendum, the House of Commons inflicted a heavy defeat on Boris Johnson, who postponed the approval of the agreement with the European Union. for the British exit of the block, the Brexit. The Letwin amendment passed by the House requires the Prime Minister to seek, before midnight, an extension of the European Union on the date of departure, on 31 October.

The reaction of the Prime Minister was fulminant. "I will not negotiate an extension of the departure date," Johnson said. Opposition leader, Labor Jeremy Corbyn, suggested he think before breaking the law. Johnson sued in his own, noting that he would return to the House within a week to vote on the agreement.

The House, which was full until the vote, was emptied to allow about 20 members to debate the rest of the film. This is the first time since the Falklands War that MPs resign their Saturdays to go to Parliament.

There were celebrations in the street so that the drizzle would not tarnish while a few meters from the protesters, in the official residence of the Prime Minister – a high middle class house separated from the avenue by a Bar door, a fence and a measured presence Police – the press service refused to confirm if Johnson would send the application by mail to the EU.

The clock is not going to stop for the prime minister who, at 11 pm, should send the letter or end up in a situation similar to that of Cinderella. In his particular case, when he was breaking the law, an arrest could theoretically match him. In the debate that preceded the vote, Johnson had subtly suggested sending the letter to try to win the votes that were finally missing. In the middle, things happened that changed his mood.

The Letwin amendment to the Benn Act passed by the House in September closed a legal shortcut that could take advantage of the more difficult areas of the pro-Brexit to delay the approval of the bill's outflows. European Union needed to agree with the European bloc. to be effective If the amendment was not approved, the UK could leave the EU without agreement if the legislation could not be approved before October 31, whether by accident or by maneuvers dilatory.

In the House, the amendment proposed by the opposition and Conservative dissidents won a sixteen-vote majority, Johnson's seventh consecutive parliamentary defeat in three months of government, unequivocal sign of the low confidence the Prime Minister has aroused for its sinuous political trajectory. for the drop that filled the glass for many: its decision to "extend" (close) parliament at the end of August, a decision finally overturned by justice.

How is the film? In the EU, they stressed that the United Kingdom should "inform them of the next steps", an elegant way to say that the British have the ball. The Eurosceptic tough Jacob Rees-Mogg, Conservative leader of the House of Commons, nicknamed "Honorable Member of the 18th Century" for his eccentric aristocratic style, said that Johnson's agreement between the EU and the US EU would be discussed Thursday 17 June. What he said nothing is the letter to the EU. This is the big enigma of the moment: is Johnson going to write to the EU to ask for an extension of the departure date?

Boris Johnson said that he would leave the EU on October 31st at any cost. " The letter would leave him badly arrested, but he would not be in a comfortable position if he did not send him: at least they would accuse him of violating the law and contempt of Parliament. Whatever you do, will the UK still be in the EU on 1 November? If the reader wants certainty, he should look for news from another country. What is quite clear is that in the current state of affairs, there will be early elections before Christmas to see if a new government has a clear mandate on the future of relations with the European Union.