
Boris denied election again as parliament shuts up shop for five weeks
For the second time, opposition MPs denied Boris Johnson the General Election he wants in the Commons’ last act before parliament closed until 14 October.

Though MPs voted in favour of an early election by 293 to 46, the government did not get the two-thirds majority of the whole house required.
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