Brexit vote result – live: Boris Johnson suffers second humiliating defeat as MPs vote to block no deal but put May’s deal back on table on technicality
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Your support makes all the difference.Boris Johnson‘s plan to call an early general election was rejected after his earlier bid to keep a no-deal Brexit on the table suffered a major blow.
The prime minister had called for a poll to be held on 15 October after legislation designed to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU on 31 October cleared the Commons on Tuesday.
But Labour and other opposition MPs refused to back the motion for a snap election, which needed a two-thirds majority in the Commons, while the risk of a no-deal exit remained.
The government failed to secure the support of two-thirds of MPs, with the Commons voting 298 to 56 – 136 short of the number needed.
Mr Johnson urged MPs to reflect on what he thinks is the “unsustainability of this position overnight and in the course of the next few days”.
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Corbyn asks about the documents again. He accuses the PM of being "absolutely desperate to avoid scrutiny".
"He has no plan to get a plan for a new deal, no authority and no majority," Corbyn shouts.
If he does to the country what he has done to the party, people have a great deal to fear, Corbyn says.
Johnson says its a bit rich for Corbyn to accuse anyone of not putting themselves forward for scrutiny.
He says the government thinks its friends are in Brussels and Berlin, Corbyn thinks his friends are in Caracas, Russia and Tehran.
He says Corbyn's strategy is 'sh*t or bust'.
Tory MPs shout "more", "more".
SNP's Ian Blackford says the PM is behaving more like a dictator than a democrat and urges MPs to unite to take no-deal off the table tonight.
He asks if the PM will accept the result and remove the threat of a catastrophic no deal?
Johnson says he needs to respect the result of the referendum.
Boris Johnson has sworn in Parliament during a bruising PMQs session after a day in which he suffered a historic defeat over his Brexit plan.
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Brexit rebel David Gauke pops up to ask a pointed question on whether prorogation was really not about Brexit.
Johnson says parliament has stood for hundreds of years and there will be plenty of time to discuss Brexit.
Interesting - Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "Not allowing Johnson to cut and run for an election simply as a tactic to force through a no-deal Brexit is one thing - and why opposition right to insist on passage of anti no-deal Bill.
"BUT it's starting to feel like Labour doesn't want an election at all ... and leaving this PM in place knowing he'll try every trick in book to get what he wants would be irresponsible.
"Opposition must get Bill through and then seek to force election BEFORE Parliament prorogued."
Dominic Grieve, another Brexit rebel, asks about the legal challenges over prorogation.
Johnson says the case in Scotland was thrown out.
Labour MP Vernon Coaker raises the sacking of 21 Tory MPs for rebelling against the government.
He asks if it is one rule for Johnson and one rule for everyone else?
Labour MPs nearly drown Johnson out with roars and shouts. He hits back, saying he won't take lessons from Labour on how to run a party and says members are hounded by antisemitic mobs.
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