MPs voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday night to end the Brexit paralysis at Westminster and put the issue back to the people, setting a general election for December 12.
Boris Johnson’s plan to hold a pre-Christmas election was approved by 438 votes to 20, after Labour finally agreed to drop its opposition to an early poll.
His team admitted the snap election was “a gamble” but the Tory party needs a solid majority to deliver his Brexit deal, which will be put on ice while the country chooses a new parliament.
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