Brexit, Johnson tries again: procedure for early elections on December 12th. And Labor says yes. EU Council: "Suggest a Commissioner"

This time Boris Johnson could do it. The conservative government again asks the House of Commons to go to early elections on 12 December. The new request will arrive today with an amendment to the electoral law, a text that can be approved by simple majority. And this time the Labor will say yes. But from the European Council they warn: "This could be the last time. And the Great Britainnow he will have to propose a commissioner".

After Monday's refusal to support the council's dissolution motion for the third time, Labor decided today to approve the vote through the proposed ordinary legislative revision. The decision was made official by the same Jeremy Corbyn, which confirmed the withdrawal of his party's last resistance. "I constantly said that we were ready for elections as long as a Brexit no deal was off the table", Said the Labor leader. "Now we have learned from the EU that the extension of Article 50 (on the exit of the Kingdom from the club of 27) is confirmed until 31 January 2020, for the next three months. And therefore our condition is satisfied ". "We intend to launch now the most radical campaign of change in the country that we have ever seen", concluded Corbyn, announcing de facto the start of the electoral campaign immediately: "It is the chance of a generation to build a country for the many, not for the few. It's time to do it. "

The new road – after the two-thirds quorum on the motion proposed yesterday for a self-dissolution of the House of Commons and the ok obtorto neck to the extension of the EU exit after October 31, until January 31 – is a revision of electoral legislation: with an ad hoc book for which it would be enough simple majority.

The text, a few lines, was deposited by the minister Jacob Rees-Mogg, Leader of the House, according to which the process to the Municipalities – at the start in the afternoon – can be completed already in the day, if there are no obstructions. To go to the Lords tomorrow and take effect in the week. The idea of ​​the ordinary law does not seem able to remove Labor's objections and entails risks for the government. But it meets other opposition forces, Lib Dem is Scottish National Party, who had put forward a similar proposal and could be decisive for the yes.

With the ordinary law there is also the opportunity for hypothetical amendments in the classroom – for example for the extension of the political vote to 16 year olds is 17 year olds – potentially unwelcome to the premier and his party. The government, in fact, puts the stakes: if they were allowed and approved amendments in favor of the political vote of 16 year olds and EU citizens in the United Kingdom, Johnson would be ready to withdraw the law. He specifies it Downing Street, considering them incompatible with the instructions of the Electoral Commission against changing the rules less than 6 six months before the vote. No European country, note the BBC, grants political vote to other EU citizens. And also the deputy speaker of the Municipalities, Lindsay Hoyle, closes the possibility of voting at 16 and 17 years old declaring inadmissible the amendments presented in this regard in the debate on the law for the convocation of the early political vote. Hoyle instead admitted to the vote the amendment promoted as the first signatory by Corbyn, which proposes December 9 for the elections, instead of the 12 as indicated by the government, but the House of Commons has rejected it, leaving the date of 12 open.

Meanwhile, in view of possible elections, Boris Johnson is in clear advantage in the surveys. His conservative party is given 36% by a latest survey of YouGov, against 23% of Jeremy Corbyn's Labor, 18% of the Lib Dem of Jo Swinson and 12% of the Brexit Party of Nigel Farage. Lower at the national level, but with good chances to fill up the seats in Scotland, thanks to the uninominal majority system, the Scottish independenceists of the SNP of Nicola Sturgeon. In terms of personal popularity, Johnson is listed as the most suited to the prime minister's seat by 43% of respondents, with Corbyn second at 20%.

From Brusselshowever, the first ones begin to arrive ultimatum. "To my British friends: the EU of 27 has formally approved the extension. It could be the last one. Please use this time as best as possible, "he wrote on Twitter Donald Tusk. And the European Council, in a statement, adds that "the United Kingdom will remain a Member State until the new withdrawal date, with full rights and duties, including the obligation to suggest a candidate for nomination as a Commission member" led by Ursula von der Leyen.

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