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May not get to that. >> where do you think hes up to now, 38, 39, 310 -- >> i think hes slightly over that. there are more that will come that arent announced. hell probably get up to 315. >> its interesting when you listen to the member of the key labor party this party this morning, theyre at pains to say they would remove the w.h.i.p. with the severe instruction that the leader can give if they voted with the prime minister today. but then it all comes to the letwin amendment which we were ju...

Said do or die, we would leave it on the table without an extension. but they are confident they will get through that law in time and hold the vote and still leave by the 31st. >> upon what basis do they have that confidence, bearing in mind, if they do have this enabling legislation to go through, theres a meyriad of delaying tactics over these 30 or 40 pieces of legislation? >> well, now confidently theyve gotten the numbers to approve the deal. its very hard to say they wont also vote that d...

Its not his deal or no deal. its lets get brexit done. the phrase is very popular im told in both groups. they just want it to be over with. >> they want it to be over with. but i come back to the practicalities of it. you say it has got the votes here, hell have the votes in the enabling legislation. but he wont know whether hes got the votes until they have the vote. and that will be after the letwin amendment? >> thats right. thats right. so, tuesday now becomes super tuesday, super saturday ...

View the european union. there has never been a political narrative in britain that has tried to unthread or untake that and that has sat badly with us. and sometimes, theres been absolute bitter anger at the european union. >> but how is it going to go today? at the end of the day, thats really what we need to know. i mean, theres this amendment which we have a copy of here which -- well, im sure youre familiar with it backwards, no doubt by heart. >> right, quite sure. >> and this house has co...

End of october, because theyre worried about their constituencies because some of them voted for brexit. we shthose voting abstaining. take that into account, abstaining or labor or erg, it will be very close. >> right, but we wont get that vote before weve had the letwin vote. and the letwin vote, as that passes, withdraws all of this for an extension. >> well talk about that later in the week. >> anna stewart with the numbers, as they look at the moment. now, if youre joining us in the unite...

Realistic, never mind theoret theoretical, does he have a realistic chance of getting the deal through which would mean defeating the amendment? >> it is genuinely too close to call, i mean, it really, really is looking at the numbers but theyve all been shifting within the last half hour. last night, we saw him get 500 votes, he needs 320, we have a tweet from the chairman of the europe mean union, that is the hardline, and many of them, some of them administered in boris johnsons government, i...

In what, three or four -- oh, there we go. >> off to the races. yes. stop brexit, there we go. well have more of our special parliamentary coverage in just a moment. by the way, well talk about whoever that chap is and why he keeps shouting. well talk about the amendment thats about to happen, after the break. s, this, and even this. but i dont have to clean this, because the self-cleaning brush roll removes hair while i clean. - [announcer] shark, the vacuum that deep cleans now cleans itself.

Year. this brings the hurdle up in a different way, and it just makes it much harder for him to stick to his word. this is perhaps the worst nightmare in a way, base it clouds the issue that he had managed to reduce down to simple deal or no deal motions today. >> and he and his supporters would call this an insurance policy to absolutely guarantee that britain cant brush out without a deal, even though it would be contingent on eu extending in a fashion that mirrors the amendment, but those wit...

Misinformation and misunderstanding, really, so it was hardly democratic. >> prime minister boris johnson received a blow to his latest attempt to pass a deal, but he still has a chance to push his bill through. heres what happened. members of parliament did not vote on brexit deal itself, but for the letwin amendment, which requires the prime minister seeks a delay from the european union. now lets go to the aforementioned steve patterson in london, covering this all day. run us through what ha...

No on big tobacco. no on prop c. breaking in london. another devastating loss for prime minister boris johnson in his brexit crusade. 322 members of parliament stood in favor of the letwin amendment, effectively delaying a vote on the latest brexit plan. prime minister boris johnson said he will put a bill up for a vote next week to avoid another delay. he said he will not ask for an