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    A new election is the only way to move on from Britain’s Brexit crisis if the European Union agrees to a delay until January, a source in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office said on Tuesday, describing parliament as “totally broken”. Earlier on Tuesday, Johnson lost a vote on his preferred timetable for passing Brexit legislation, leading him to pause the process and to ask the EU to decide on what he called parliament’s request for a further delay to Britain’s departure. “On Saturday, parliament asked for a delay until January and today parliament blew its last chance. If parliament’s delay is ... (full story)

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The public will have to choose whether they want to get Brexit done with Boris or whether they want to spend 2020 having two referendums on Brexit and Scotland with (opposition Labour leader Jeremy) Corbyn
Quoting Macd-rsi
paragraph summary: The public will have to choose whether they want to get Brexit done with Boris or whether they want to spend 2020 having two referendums on Brexit and Scotland with (opposition Labour leader Jeremy) Corbyn
And if the result of the referendum is in favour of staying in the EU, will the Parliament do all it can to prevent the UK from staying in the EU for 3 1/2 years and after that period requires a new referendum ?
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{quote} And if the result of the referendum is in favour of staying in the EU, will the Parliament do all it can to prevent the UK from staying in the EU for 3 1/2 years and after that period requires a new referendum ?
Almost certainly now the precedent has been set.

However, our relationship with the EU is effectively over, there are too many people willing to vote for a party to take the UK out of the EU.

Pandora's box has been opened.

Barring some history defining moment, like the outbreak of a major world war, it is very likely we leave the EU one way or another.
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