Britain set for December 12 elections to break Brexit deadlock

London, October 30: Britain is all set to go to the polls on December 12 after British Parliamentarians backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for an election to break the Brexit deadlock. Hours after the European Union formally agreed to postpone Britain's departure again, up to the end of January, the House of Commons on last night backed the election date in a vote by a 438 to 20 margin.

 

It will be the UK's third election in four years and the first December poll since 1923 once the House of Lords passes the legislation and it becomes law by the end of the week. Once that happens, there will be a five-week campaign up to the polling day.

The prime minister has said the public must be "given a choice" over the future of Brexit and the country.

Johnson hopes the election will give him a fresh mandate for his Brexit deal and break the current Parliamentary deadlock, which has led to the UK's exit is further delayed to 31 January.

The PM said it was time for the country to "come together to get Brexit done", as he left a meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservatives held minutes after the vote.