British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to expel rebel lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they thwart his Brexit plans by voting to ...
that would block a no-deal exit from the EU which they say would be ruinous to the economy.
"If they fail to vote with the government on Tuesday they will be destroying the government’s negotiating position and handing control of parliament to Jeremy Corbyn," said a source in the whips office, which is responsible for party discipline. Johnson, the face of the 2016 Vote Leave campaign, has cast rebels as EU"collaborators" who are undermining the government's negotiating hand by blunting his threat of a no-deal Brexit.
"It is important for the government to establish the confidence of the House of Commons and this is essentially a confidence matter: Who should control the legislative agenda, Jeremy Corbyn or Boris Johnson?" Rees-Mogg said.
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