London | Britain will go to the polls for a dark and wintry pre-Christmas election on December 12, in the hope of breaking the parliament's Brexit deadlock before the next EU-imposed deadline on January 31.
After resisting Mr Johnson's election push for almost two months, MPs overwhelmingly backed his latest effort, proposed in a short piece of legislation, by 438 votes to 20 (with almost 200 abstentions). Parliament will continue sitting until early next week, dissolving on Wednesday.
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