Britain and the European Union on Thursday agreed on the draft text of a
Brexit deal, setting up a fateful showdown in the British Parliament on
Saturday, where it was not clear that Prime Minister Boris Johnson
could marshal the votes to nail down his plan after three anguished and
politically damaging years of debate.
But Mr. Johnson may already be thinking beyond whether Parliament approves his plan. Even if he loses, analysts say, he may call for a general election, hoping voters will rally behind him and deliver him a strong majority.
EU-Digest
But Mr. Johnson may already be thinking beyond whether Parliament approves his plan. Even if he loses, analysts say, he may call for a general election, hoping voters will rally behind him and deliver him a strong majority.
EU-Digest