British PM Boris Johnson loses his working majority in parliament over fears he is steering the country towards a no-deal Brexit next month
The fate of Brexit hung in the balance on Tuesday as parliament prepared for an explosive showdown with Johnson that could end in a snap election.
The pound is trading at its lowest level since 2016 on fears of the unknown that a "no-deal Brexit" can bring."If ultimately the prime minister and leader of my party is doing something which I think is so fundamentally wrong, then I can't continue supporting it," Dominic Grieve, a rebel Conservative MP, told BBC television.
They have even drafted the letter Johnson is supposed to present to EU Council President Donald Tusk in Brussels. But his aides later made clear that a national poll was being pencilled in for October 14 if parliament managed to seize the initiative on Tuesday. Under British electoral law, the next election is not due until 2022 and a two-thirds parliamentary majority is required to hold the vote ahead of time.But some in the party are concerned about holding one before legislation is passed that would force whoever is the next prime minister to postpone Brexit if there is no agreement with Brussels before October 31.
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