NEW: British lawmakers fall short of two-thirds majority vote in holding Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson's proposed October 15 election, making it likely that Johnson will have to ask for the extended Brexit deadline.
The U.K. Parliament has voted to rule out a no-deal Brexit in defiance of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who followed up by saying a general election was the only way out of the country's deepening political crisis.
The vote to block"no-deal" was the second defeat for Johnson's embattled government in two days, after several members of his own Conservative Party voted against him to bring forward the legislation voted on Wednesday. The political turmoil saw 21 Conservative members of Parliament expelled from the party, including Sir Nicholas Soames, the grandson of Britain’s World War II leader Winston Churchill.
Former Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to request an extension to the previous Brexit deadline of March 31, and subsequently resigned after the deal she had negotiated with EU leaders was voted down three times by lawmakers earlier this year. If Parliament agrees to a general election, the scheduled date would be Oct. 15, a day after Parliament is scheduled to return from the historic suspension the Queen approved last week.
However, it is unclear whether Parliament and the Labour Party will agree to the prime minister's plans, as some lawmakers would prefer an extension to the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline to be confirmed before campaigning begins.
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