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Hello its wednesday, its ten oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire at westminster. I think that its ourjob to get brexit done on october the 315t. This country will leave the eu on october the 315t. Well make sure that we can come out on the 315t of october. We are ready, on october the 315t. To come out on october the. Sist . 315t, correct, come what may. Do ordie . Do ordie. Despite all those promises, it looks very likely we wont be leaving the eu on october 31st. Mps have rejected the Prime Ministers fast track timetable for approving his brexit bill. Borisjohnsons government is now claiming that if the eu grants a long brexit extension then the only way forward is a general election. Parliament has made this decision, and parliament has asked for and extension from the eu, well then that we are waiting of course to hear what other eu leaders say about the situation, but we ....
Vote on the bill itself. Through the course of the evening we willdip into through the course of the evening we will dip into the house and bring you those of its life. In the past power mps have approved the latest stage and Boris Johnsons power mps have approved the latest stage and borisjohnsons attempted trickle a general election and this was the moment in the commons when Speakerjohn Bercow announced an election is due to happen when the general election bill passed its second reading. The question is that the bill be now read a second time. As many of that opinion say aye, of the contrary no. The ayes have it. The ayes have it. Speaker of the house just about an hour ago at the second reading. Sebastian payne the whitehall correspondent at the ft is with us. Just getting wired up and i am glad because we have some breaking news. Iwill tell am glad because we have s ....
Borisjohnson went to parliament to tell mps that a further delay would be corrosive, and it was time to get brexit done, but labour said it couldnt support a deal which would damage the uk. And now is the time for this great house of commons to come together and bring the country together today. Todays session will last for several hours, at the end of which mps will decide whether the Prime Ministers deal needs greater scrutiny before it is formally approved. He has renegotiated the Withdrawal Agreement and made it even worse. Hes renegotiated the political declaration and made that even worse. Its the first time in 37 years that the commons is sitting on a saturday. The result of the main vote on brexit deal is on a knife edge and theres still the possibility that brexit could be delayed. And as the parliamentary debate goes on, thousands of protestors are making thei ....
Good morning and welcome to westminster on an historic session of parliament. Mps are sitting on a saturday for the first time in 37 years to vote on borisjohnsons brexit deal. This morning it still looks extremely close, although in the last few minutes the Prime Minister has received the backing of the prominent conservative brexiteers known as the European Research group who now say they will vote mps are also likely to vote on an amendment to the deal which would still force the government to seek a delay to leaving the eu, described as an insurance policy to avoid the risk of a no deal brexit. Nick eardley reports. More than three years after the brexit referendum, is today the day mps finally back a deal . Some of them hate what borisjohnson has negotiated, arguing it takes us too far away from eu rules and will damage the economy. But most tories think its a good de ....
The European Council president donald tusk says he spoke to the Prime Minister and is waiting for a letter requesting an extension to the brexit date. Cheering and applause. 0utside parliament, anti brexit demonstrators cheered as they heard about the delay. The peoples vote second Referendum Campaign have held a huge rally in Central London today. Hello and a very warm welcome from westminster. Where the house of commons has been sitting on a saturday, for the first time in nearly a0 years. It was supposed to be crunch day, a day when borisjohnsons new withdrawal deal would be accepted or rejected but this afternoon mps voted for another delay to the decision. They backed an amendment requiring the Prime Mi ....