British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will try for a second time on Monday to cal...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will try for a second time on Monday to call a snap election, but is set to be thwarted once more by opposition lawmakers who want to ensure he cannot take Britain out of the European Union without a divorce agreement.
On Monday, a bill is due to become law that would force him to seek a three-month extension to that deadline unless parliament has either approved a deal or consented by Oct. 19 to leave without one. It means that, three years after Britain voted to leave the EU, there is deep uncertainty about how the Brexit dilemma will play out what it will mean for the world’s fifth-largest economy and its people and politics.
Finance minister Sajid Javid said Johnson would go to an EU summit on Oct. 17 to try to secure that deal. Johnson goes to Dublin on Monday for talks with his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, but expectations are low.
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