@nytimesworld 3 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been trying to quell a rebellion among lawmakers from his Conservative Party as the British Parliament prepared to vote on Brexit legislation that the government acknowledges would violate international law https://nyti.ms/2ZBJxHS
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
As U.K. lawmakers consider Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal, irate unionists in Northern Ireland are planning how to resist the agreement https://nyti.ms/32L6pnN
@WSJ 4 years ago
Shortly after endorsing Boris Johnson's Brexit deal, U.K. lawmakers voted against a proposed timetable to push it through Parliament by the end of the month https://on.wsj.com/32NQFRj
@WSJ 4 years ago
U.K. government officials fear a rebel group of 21 lawmakers ejected from the ruling Conservative Party could try to derail Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal after most forced him to ask the EU for a delay https://on.wsj.com/32uNzBu
@WSJ 4 years ago
Watch: British lawmakers approved a measure that may force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline, a prospect he rejected. https://on.wsj.com/31yvlxn
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
The showdown over Boris Johnson's Brexit plan led lawmakers to pass an amendment that aims to force a delay on a definitive vote in Parliament https://nyti.ms/2MVP1pW
@WSJ 4 years ago
British lawmakers look set to delay a decisive Brexit vote, likely forcing Boris Johnson to request a further delay before the U.K. leaves the EU https://on.wsj.com/2P7Tskh
@WSJ 4 years ago
As Boris Johnson tries to sell lawmakers on his Brexit deal, U.K. bookmakers try to anticipate what happens next https://on.wsj.com/2oJrMY9
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Lawmakers in Britain are debating Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with impassioned speeches, shouts and jeers. The first vote is set for this afternoon. https://nyti.ms/35JCT41
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
The fate of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan is down to the wire as British lawmakers prepare to debate and vote in Parliament https://nyti.ms/2J3RZax
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson in theory needs around 30 lawmakers to change sides for Parliament to pass his Brexit deal on Saturday. Here are three groups of lawmakers he needs to win over. https://nyti.ms/2nYbeeq
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson in theory needs around 30 lawmakers to change sides for Parliament to pass his Brexit deal on Saturday. Here are three groups of lawmakers he needs to win over. https://nyti.ms/2nWywRR
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Most British lawmakers are entrenched on one side or the other of the Brexit debate, so Parliament's vote on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's deal may be decided by three critical groups https://nyti.ms/2BmOiZl
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson has alarmed many Britons — including some of his own lawmakers — with his harsh Brexit rhetoric. But activists in his party support his hard line, forgive his missteps and believe he can win a general election. https://nyti.ms/2oAjbql
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson has alarmed many Britons — including some of his own lawmakers — with his harsh Brexit rhetoric. But activists in his party support his hard line, forgive his missteps and believe he can win a general election. https://nyti.ms/2mJoF1r
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, a Scottish court ruled on Wednesday. Three judges said sending lawmakers home at the height of the Brexit crisis was “unlawful because it had the purpose of stymying Parliament.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/world/europe/uk-brexit-parliament-prorogue.html
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson intends to send lawmakers away for five weeks, despite the chaos over Brexit. But before it finishes its work, Parliament is expected to wreck his plan for a snap general election next month. https://nyti.ms/2UN88Wz
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
British lawmakers are drawing the battle lines for their next big fight: whether, and when, to hold a general election. Boris Johnson wants it right away, but his opponents would like to draw it out, securing an extension to the Brexit deadline first https://nyti.ms/2zVJVUo
@WSJ 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to expel lawmakers underscores how Brexit has reshaped the U.K.'s political landscape https://on.wsj.com/2zUdJAK
@WSJ 4 years ago
U.K. lawmakers voted to seek another Brexit delay, dealing a blow to Boris Johnson’s pledge to leave the EU at the end of October https://on.wsj.com/2zMuSwn
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
After his defeat in his first parliamentary vote on Brexit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced more setbacks, as opposition lawmakers promised to complicate his plan for the swift general election that many believe he wanted all along https://nyti.ms/2zNFcEr
@WSJ 4 years ago
Lawmakers are set to delay Brexit and reject Boris Johnson's call for a general election, further raising the political temperature in the U.K. https://on.wsj.com/32s3IXI
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Opposition and rebel lawmakers have wrested the legislative agenda from Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain. What happens next with Brexit? Here's what you need to know. https://nyti.ms/2zQKQW5
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
A faction of UK lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own party are threatening to defy his warning that rebels will be expelled from the party if they pursue a legislative effort to block a no-deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/2zJV9eL
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson hardball tactics were met, for once, with equal resistance as lawmakers rebelled and ruled out a no deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/32l7DWi
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson hardball tactics were met, for once, with equal resistance as lawmakers rebelled and ruled out a no deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/2zPz26K
@WSJ 4 years ago
Breaking: Lawmakers defied Boris Johnson in a vote aimed at barring a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31, a move officials say would lead him to call for a snap election https://on.wsj.com/32kzdTA
@WSJ 4 years ago
Breaking: Lawmakers defied Boris Johnson in a vote aimed at barring a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31, a move officials say would lead him to call for a snap election https://on.wsj.com/2zK9nfw
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
A faction of UK lawmakers in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own party are threatening to defy his warning that rebels will be expelled from the party if they pursue a legislative effort to block a no-deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/2zWAZyl
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Opposition and rebel lawmakers in Britain are trying to wrest the legislative agenda from Prime Minister Boris Johnson and introduce a measure to bar a no-deal Brexit. Here’s what you need to know as Britain braces for another day of political turmoil. https://nyti.ms/32qhp9L
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to purge lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they back a measure to forbid a no-deal Brexit. That could leave him powerless to control Parliament, necessitating a general election. https://nyti.ms/2zMxslO
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is threatening to purge lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they back a measure to forbid a no-deal Brexit. That could leave him powerless to control Parliament, necessitating a general election. https://nyti.ms/32k9SJx
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Throngs gathered in cities and towns across Britain and in other countries to challenge Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for several weeks to foil lawmakers seeking to block his Brexit plans https://nyti.ms/32kquRg
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Throngs gathered in cities and towns across Britain and in other countries to challenge Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for several weeks to foil lawmakers seeking to block his Brexit plans https://nyti.ms/32kptc1
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson could conceivably upset a litany of constitutional norms by ordering the queen to veto anti-Brexit laws, refusing to resign if Parliament ousts him or inventing new national holidays to make sure lawmakers cannot sit. https://nyti.ms/2zQGped
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Boris Johnson could conceivably upset a litany of constitutional norms by ordering the queen to veto anti-Brexit laws, refusing to resign if Parliament ousts him or inventing new national holidays to make sure lawmakers cannot sit. https://nyti.ms/32kiakq
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Throngs gathered in cities and towns across Britain and in other countries to challenge Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for several weeks to foil lawmakers seeking to block his Brexit plans https://nyti.ms/2zGQtGg
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
With lawmakers, and the public, starkly divided over Brexit, Boris Johnson’s request to suspend Parliament put the queen squarely in the middle of a heated issue https://nyti.ms/2zuR1it
@WSJ 4 years ago
The pound drops after the U.K.’s Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament, which would make it harder for rebel lawmakers to block a no-deal Brexit https://on.wsj.com/2zw7xyB
@WSJ 4 years ago
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson asks the queen to suspend Parliament, a move that could hamstring lawmakers who want to block Brexit https://on.wsj.com/2znQE9o
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Jeremy Corbyn and other opposition lawmakers agreed to focus on passing a law to head off a no-deal Brexit. Boris Johnson's office accused them of "actively seeking to sabotage the U.K.’s position.” https://nyti.ms/325PP1f
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Jeremy Corbyn agreed at a meeting of opposition lawmakers to shelve his plan for toppling Boris Johnson next week and instead focus on passing a law to head off a no-deal Brexit https://nyti.ms/325W5Gj
@nytimesworld 5 years ago
British lawmakers passed a measure to stop the next prime minister from suspending Parliament and forcing through a no-deal Brexit, undermining the hard-line strategy of Boris Johnson https://nyti.ms/2XWwr4l
@nytimesworld 5 years ago
Conservative lawmakers are concluding that Boris Johnson is the only one who can stop the hemorrhaging of support to Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and can ensure the party does not lose the next election to Labour. https://nyti.ms/2ExzxVF