Saturday, October 19, 2019

DEBATE UNDERWAY IN UK PARLIAMENT OVER BREXIT DEAL


The UK Parliament is expected to vote later (on Saturday) on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit Deal.


The agreement, struck in Brussels this week, has removed the controversial Irish backstop, but replaced it with a customs border in the Irish Sea, between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. Something that many MPs feel is unacceptable. 


Mr Johnson doesn't have a working majority in Parliament and is therefore looking for support from across the benches.


But before the vote though, there will be a series of amendments, one of which has the potential of derailing the voting process.



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UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports 


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IN: Boris Johnson taking

OUT: 31st of October 

DURL: 47 seconds



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It's called the Letwin amendment and is designed as an insurance policy to avoid an accidental no-deal Brexit.



UK Correspondent Natalie Powell has more.


IN:Critics, and there have been

OUT: on Saturday

DUR: 45 seconds


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