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    'There must now be an election' - Johnson Jump to media player The prime minister says a bill that calls for a delay to Brexit makes it impossible to govern.
    • 04 Sep
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  • Jeremy Corbyn
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    Election like 'offer of apple to Snow White' Jump to media player The leader of the opposition rejects elections until after Brexit.
    • 04 Sep
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  • Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow
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    Brexit delay bill backed by MP's Jump to media player The bill has passed its stages in the House of Commons and now heads to the House of Lords.
    • 04 Sep
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    Brexit: What happened on Tuesday? Jump to media player Jonathan Blake gives his daily roundup of the key Brexit events in British politics.
    • 04 Sep
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    Corbyn to PM: 'A lot have a great deal to fear' Jump to media player Jeremy Corbyn has told the MPs that if the prime minister "does to the country what he has done to his party" then "a lot of people have a great deal to fear".
    • 04 Sep
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  • MP Phillip Lee
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    'It was a dramatic moment' crossing Commons floor Jump to media player Former Conservative MP Phillip Lee on crossing the floor of the House of Commons and joining the Lib Dems.
    • 04 Sep
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  • Ian Blackford
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    Blackford: PM 'playing a game of bluff' Jump to media player The SNP's Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, has told MPs in the Commons that Boris Johnson is "playing a game of bluff and bluster" over leaving the EU.
    • 04 Sep
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  • Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
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    Applause as MP demands Johnson burka apology Jump to media player Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi asks the PM when he will "finally apologise" for saying Muslim women looked like "letterboxes".
    • 04 Sep
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  • Margot James
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    Rebel MP: 'Advisers advise, ministers decide' Jump to media player Former business minister Margot James - one of the 21 Tory rebels expelled over Brexit - criticised Boris Johnson for listening to controversial adviser Dominic Cummings.
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