Johnson had staked his political reputation on delivering Brexit by October 31, and now that's in the balance. The first was written according to the wording set out by the Benn Act, requesting a Brexit delay until January 31. Is it more or less likely that Johnson will get his Brexit deal passed? The result of the Letwin amendment is that Johnson was robbed of a straight up-or-down vote on his Brexit deal. Since he threw out 21 members of his own party for voting in favour of the Benn Act, Johnson has a majority in Parliament of mninus 40.

Source: CNN October 19, 2019 16:19 UTC