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i'm being asked to stop. thank you all very much for coming along today. >> thank you. >> we are joined next from , whon by aubrey allegretto covers parliament for sky news. thanks for joining us this morning. tell us what the house of commons voted on yesterday, the issues they voted on. there were two major issues in the house of commons yesterday. the first one was to essentially try to delay the idea of a no deal brexit in october. a group of backbench mps managed
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to take control of the agenda and suspend a parliamentary rulebooks is only the government can create law to try to create one themselves and they managed to pass legislation to do that through the lower house in a single day. that legislation is headed to the upper house. orexpect that to pass today late tomorrow. the second major vote that happened yesterday was called by boris johnson. he wants an early general election because the legislation has gone through the comments because he says the only way to break the deadlock and passed -- pack the house of commons with people who support him. host: none of this delays the october 31 deadline date for brexit? guest: absolutely not. even if the mps are successful in getting their legislation through the house of lords tomorrow, to try to delay no handss ultimately in the of the eu. the law will force johnson and
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ask them to delay brexit but it is no guarantee that brussels or the eu leaders will do that. then it comes down to, what date could they pick? fordate the mps have asked is the 31st of january 2020. that would be in the hands of the eu. host: the house of commons voted on the pitch to have snap elections. is that mean there won't be elections in the near future in the u.k.? --st: they're generally they're definitely will be a general election soon and the government is preparing to try again on monday. the opposition parties are very keen on a general election. the only we -- reason they haven't had one yet is because they are waiting for this anti-no deal legislation to pass and if it does, possibly friday, i'm sure they will be more than happy to back a general election sunday. touted by boris johnson is october 15, but the opposition party might be good to have a longer campaign if the
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threat of the no deal brexit deadline on the 31st of october moose forward. we could have a general election around november. host: aubrey is joining us with an update on a busy day yesterday in the house of commons of the legislation moves to the house of lords. thanks so much. guest: thanks for having me. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, former republican congressman and current nra board member bob barr discusses efforts to reduce gun violence. then, a discussion of women in the republican party with democracy alliance senior advisor julie kohler. be sure to what c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >> washington journal mugs are available at c-span's new online store. go to c-span store.org.
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