Boris Johnson has won approval for his Brexit deal in the House of Commons, the first step towards fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain's departure from the European Union by January 31.
If the January deadline is met, Mr Johnson's Government will then enter into another phase of negotiations involving a UK-EU trade deal, which it wishes to achieve by the end of 2020.
"This is the time when we move on and discard the old labels of 'leave' and 'remain' … now is the time to act together as one reinvigorated nation, one United Kingdom," Mr Johnson told Parliament before the vote. As a little boy, Boris Johnson wanted to be world king, but he's at risk of going down in history as the man who won Brexit and lost Scotland, writes Philip Williams.
"Now is the moment to come together and write a new and exciting chapter in our national story, to forge a new partnership with our European friends, to stand tall in the world, to begin the healing for which the whole people of this country yearn." The final stages of ratification will take place after Christmas, as Commons MPs have until January 9 to approve the legislation, giving it just over three weeks to then pass through the House of Lords and receive Royal assent.
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