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Johnson Threatens Brexit Rebels with Expulsion


Mon 02 Sep 2019 | 01:32 PM
Ahmad El-Assasy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to expel rebel legislators from his Conservative Party if they, by voting,  avoid a no-deal exit from the European Union that would thwart his Brexit plans.

When Johnson promised to leave the EU with or without a porce contract on October 31, this means that he has driven the United Kingdom to a constitutional crisis and a confrontation with the other 27 members of the bloc, one of the possibilities for an election, according to Reuters.

The insurgents of the Conservative Party are plotting with opposition parties to take control of the parliament and bind the hands of the government to legislation that would prevent a no-deal exit from the EU that they claim would ruin the economy.

With just over 24 hours until parliament returns from its summer break on Tuesday, Johnson's enforcers advised rebels that if they voted against the government, Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn would be given parliament control.

"If they fail to vote with the government on Tuesday, they will destroy the bargaining stance of the government and hand over parliamentary power to Jeremy Corbyn," a source said at the whips office, responsible for party discipline.

"Any Conservative parliament member who does this will have the whip removed and will not stand in an election as Conservative applicants," the source said.

The United Kingdom voted 52-48 percent since more than 3 years to leave the European Union in a referendum, it is still uncertain on what conditions or whether Brexit is going to take place or not.

Corbyn, the veteran socialist leader of Labor will say on Monday that he is ready to do all he can to prevent a Brexit no-deal, describing it as a final effort to take "our nation back from the brink."