New blow to Johnson's Brexit plan after vote on deal blocked

New blow to Johnson's Brexit plan after vote on deal blocked

New blow to Johnson's Brexit plan after vote on deal blockedBritain faced another week of grinding political gridlock after Prime Minister Boris Johnson was denied a chance Monday to hold a vote by lawmakers on his Brexit divorce bill. With just 10 days before Britain’s scheduled departure date, Johnson’s government had sought a “straight up-and-down vote” on the agreement he struck last week with the 27 other EU nations laying out the terms of Britain’s exit.