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Brexit: The final countdown? B
ritons in Spain, and across the EU, watched closely on Saturday as Boris Johnson took his EU ‘deal’ to the House of Commons for approval. It was supposed to be Johnson’s big
moment, a chance to get a Brexit deal agreed and to succeed where Theresa May had failed three times. The deal was approved by the EU on Friday and dominated the day’s headlines in
advance of Saturday’s vote by MPs. However, what was dubbed ‘Super Saturday’ – the first Saturday sitting of parliament in almost four decades, turned out to be yet another delay. MPs
voted to postpone the so called ‘crunch vote’ on Johnson’s Brexit deal (by 322 to 306) which forced the PM to seek another extension from the EU. An amendment, tabled by Sir Oliver Letwin, was put forward to prevent an "accidental" no-deal exit. Sir Letwin said his move was an "insurance mechanism" to ensure that the UK did "not crash out with no-deal". Continued on page 4
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