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>> welcome back to cnn special brexit coverage. im bianca nobilo at the house of commons. at what brexit should look like as the clock ticks down. >> boris johnson made a strong defense. you just saw it there and the attack from labor, the labor leader. the party calling it a sellout. and when the vote is taken, the prime minister will need 320 members of the parliament to back him up. >> ben, great to have you on the program, i guess the big question of the day is can the prime minister get thi...

Consideration today. >> yes, they said theyll send home mps before the final vote takes place but what theyll do is introduce this bill on tuesday. >> but why -- >> why is that helpful for them? >> its helpful for them, because effectively, these mps are trying to ensure that theres not a deal. two things need to happen. mps need to hold a vote approving the deal and the legislation needs to pass. it doesnt matter, government wont have the vote first. and then the mps are saying we will trust yo...

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 ...

Today, the erg, the hardline team who does not support theresa may some of them are in government, but a tweet to say that the erg recommends mps vote for this deal. this is a big development. they are not a homogeneous group. but if some come on board, theyll be for boris johnson. >> he has opposition? >> this takes into account other mps or abstaining votes. >> is there any feeling similarly to what we had that with the voting, because lets just get brexit done? lets get brexit done, rather th...

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...

Uk and eu, without clarity our companies will invest. and the deal will relate to a very sad brexit read from a climate perspective. the message, mr. speaker, is clear. this deal is not good for jobs, damaging the industry and a threat to our environment and our natural world. its not a good deal for our country. and future generations will feel the impact. it should be voted down today. by this house. mr. speak, i also totally understand the frustration and f fatigue across the country and this...