MPs poised to trigger general election tonight in crunch vote - what happens now - Today News

Thanks for watching my video. If you like my videos, please subscribe to the channel to receive the latest videos Videos can use content-based copyright law contains reasonable use Fair Use (https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/). For any copyright, please send me a message.   MPs will hold a showdown vote tonight on triggering a Christmas general election - and unlike the last three times, it could finally pass.  The Commons clash means Parliament could be dissolved next week and Britain plunged into a countdown to a pre-Brexit poll near the depths of midwinter.  A new government would be returned barely six weeks before the new January 31 deadline to leave the EU.   Boris Johnson has tried and failed three times to get an election. But a breakthrough came after the Lib Dems and SNP agreed to back a snap poll, accepting there just aren't the numbers to get a second referendum instead.  Yet the two sides are still divided over the date of the election - which would probably be some time between December 9 and December 12.     And as of 9am today Labour had still not made up their minds after refusing to back three previous bids for an election.  So how will the drama play out? Here's a full guide to what to expect. What are MPs voting on today?   that would force a general election in December.  Boris Johnson is putting forward a "one-line Bill" - a full law, but an ultra-short one - that would repeal parts of the 2011 Fixed-Term Parliaments Act.  That'll mean the Prime Minister no longer has to secure a 'super-majority' of 434 MPs in order to force an election.  This legal change will mean Labour can no longer block an election, like they did the three previous times he asked for one (the most recent time was last night).  The first hurdle vote (known as 'second reading') will be held some time after 5pm. Amendments are then expected in a two-hour flurry before final votes after 7pm. The Bill would then go to the House of Lords.  In order the pass the Bill, Boris Johnson will need a 'simple majority' of at least half of MPs voting. That's, at most, 320 MPs.  Labour MP Stella Creasy hit out furiously at the tight timetable - which will also compress warring amendments into a single combined vote. MPs could still vote the timetable down, throwing the day into disarray.   When will a general election be held?  Boris Johnson wants an election on Thursday 12 December. But the Lib Dems want Monday 9 December.  Reports this morning suggested they would reach a compromise date in between.  Tory minister Brandon Lewis said December 9 is too early because Parliament would have to dissolve this week - in order to have a 25 working day countdown.  "That wouldn’t give us time to get this Bill through and a couple of small pieces of legislation we need to do including some budgetary issues for Northern Ireland," he said. "December 12 means we can dissolve next week and have time to get that legislation properly through Parliament."  Lib Dem MP