Boris Johnson’s Brexit policy was on Tuesday night facing ruin, after Conservative rebels inflicted a Commons defeat on the prime minister that leaves Britain on the brink of a general election and the Tory party in a state of disintegration.
A total of 21 Tory MPs, led by former chancellor Philip Hammond, in effect threw away their political careers as they defied Mr Johnson and backed moves to pass an emergency law to stop a no-deal Brexit.
The prime minister lost the key vote by 328 to 301, a heavier defeat than expected, and immediately put MPs on notice that he was ready to legislate to hold a snap general election.
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