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Labour is set to deny Boris Johnson a December election

25 October 2019

6:12 AM

25 October 2019

6:12 AM

Word tonight is that Labour will whip its MPs to abstain on Monday’s general election vote. Officially, Labour won’t formally declare its position until tomorrow. But if its MPs do abstain this means that the government won’t secure the necessary two-thirds support to dissolve parliament under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act.

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