U.K. Going To The Polls In December

Daily Mail: Boris Johnson WINS bid for his Christmas election as he sees off Labour plot to hand votes to 16-year-olds and EU nationals - now MPs battle over whether poll will happen on December 9 or 12

* The Prime Minister has been demanding MPs agree to a pre-Christmas election to break the Brexit deadlock
* Jeremy Corbyn blocked an attempt to trigger an election for December 12 with a simple motion last night
* But the Labour leader caved in this morning and announced he will now whip MPs to back a snap poll
* Mr Corbyn realised he was being outflanked with PM tabling election Bill with Lib Dem and SNP support
* Arguments are still raging over whether to hold the snap poll on December 12 or earlier on December 9
* Labour failed to push amendments that were intended to extend the vote to 16-year-olds and EU nationals

Boris Johnson Christmas election bid cleared a crucial hurdle tonight as a Labour ambush to hand 16-year-olds and EU nationals the vote failed.

Despite Jeremy Corbyn staging an humiliating U-turn to declare he will support a pre-Christmas poll, Labour pushed amendments that would effectively have wrecked the Bill.

But the changes, which amounted to a thinly-veiled effort to gain more support for the looming contest, were not selected by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for consideration by MPs tonight.

And the legislation was then swiftly nodded through its second reading, meaning it has received in principle endorsement.

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WNU Editor: It looks like there is going to be an election. We will know in the next few hours.

Update: These Labour back benchers are right .... Labour backbenchers blast Corbynites for chasing a ‘brave new Socialist dawn’ warning that Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to back a pre-Christmas election will spell disaster (Daily Mail).

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