Boris Johnson suffered yet another Brexit setback as UK lawmakers voted to delay approval of the UK Prime Minister’s departure deal until Parliament has passed the legislation required to enact it.
Johnson must now ask the EU for an extension to the Brexit process until the end of January, an outcome he has been determined to avoid since he returned in triumph from Brussels with a new deal earlier this week.
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