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>> welcome back to cnn special brexit coverage. i'm 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 this deal through? >> it looks like he's now got the numbers, the brexit, the part of his policy, all ...

Consideration today. >> yes, they said they'll send home mps before the final vote takes place but what they'll do is introduce this bill on tuesday. >> but why -- >> why is that helpful for them? >> it's helpful for them, because effectively, these mps are trying to ensure that there's not a deal. two things need to happen. mps need to hold a vote approving the deal and the legislation needs to pass. it doesn't matter, government won't have the vote first. and then the mps are saying we will trust you to absolutely introduce this bill to go through, let's pass that first, then we'll have the ...

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, there's a meyriad of delaying tactics over these 30 or 40 pieces of legislation? >> well, now confidently they've gotten the numbers to approve the deal. it's very hard to say they won't also vote that day. >> so the only argument that boris johnson can try to ensure is not the alternative that thi...

It's not his deal or no deal. it's let's get brexit done. the phrase is very popular i'm 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, he'll have the votes in the enabling legislation. but he won't know whether he's got the votes until they have the vote. and that will be after the letwin amendment? >> that's right. that's right. so, tuesday now becomes super tuesday, super saturday has faded away. and now this brings forward we think the deal in the first add second readi...

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, they'll 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 let's just get brexit done? let's get brexit done, rather than some deeply held belief one way or the other? that doesn't apply to the erg but the labor. >> ...