5 Sep 2019

Boris's snap election bid fails: Professor Tim Bale

From Nine To Noon, 9:08 am on 5 September 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during his first Prime Ministers Questions session in the House of Commons in London on September 4, 2019.

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Professor of politics at London's Queen Mary University Tim Bale updates on the UK’s House of Commons rejection of a motion from Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a snap election.

The motion did not gain the required majority under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. So where does this leave Boris, and Brexit now?