Boris Johnson loses sixth vote in six days as election bid fails
Fresh setback for PM as he moves to shut down parliament for five weeks
Boris Johnson shut down parliament in the early hours of Tuesday morning following his sixth parliamentary defeat in six days, as MPs voted to block a snap election and to force the publication of No 10’s secret preparations for a no-deal Brexit.
The prime minister moved to stop parliament sitting for five weeks and repeatedly refused to countenance any delay to leaving the EU, even though the bill to prevent a no-deal Brexit on 31 October passed into law on Monday and MPs refused him a general election before that date.
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