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LONDON (AP) — Long-serving Labour Party lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle was elected speaker of Britain’s House of Commons on Monday, taking up the job with a clear message: I’m not John Bercow.

Thousands of commemorative Brexit 50p coins bearing the date October 31st will be melted down after the Remainer-dominated House of Commons forced Prime Minister Boris Johnson to break his pledge to deliver Brexit by Halloween.

Two former officials have described Parliament’s handling of accusations of bullying by John Bercow as an “establishment stitch-up” in order to protect the outgoing Commons speaker.

A snap election looks certain after Jeremy Corbyn said he would back Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bill calling for a December 12th vote.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could push for a snap election if the European Union backs a Brexit delay to January 31st, 2020.

Analysts predict MPs could back Boris Johnson’s Brexit bill, with the prime minister pushing to have all legislation passed to allow for Brexit by October 31st.

Footage has emerged showing an anti-Brexit mob hounding Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg and his young son as they walk home from the Palace of Westminster.

(AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Parliament that his new Brexit deal can heal the rift in British politics and unite warring factions.

LONDON (AP) – British lawmakers are holding their first weekend sitting in almost four decades to vote on whether to approve Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with the European Union and finally let the UK leave the bloc at the end of this month.

The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said it is still “possible” to agree on an exit agreement “this week”.

The Westminster Parliament was suspended Tuesday evening, potentially closing a period of bitter acrimony over whether the longest session in British history should end, an argument which ended up in the UK Supreme Court last month.

Anti-Brexit MPs are plotting to install Speaker John Bercow as prime minister of a so-called “unity” government “of all the talents”, according to reports.

Boris Johnson is to address the House of Commons after the Supreme Court ruled that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has hit out at the Conservative government after the Supreme Court ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament was unlawful, calling for the prime minister’s chief advisor to be sacked.

Prominent anti-Brexit activist and lawyer Jolyon Maugham has admitted that there is a “flaw” in the Benn Act which could allow a no deal Brexit on October 31st. Johnson’s predecessor Theresa May had agreed a withdrawal treaty with the EU,

The Speaker of the House of Commons has claimed it would be the same as “robbing a bank” if Boris Johnson declined to ask the European Union to delay Brexit again — but suggested he would be more than willing to break all the rules himself to stop Britain from leaving the EU unless it is “blessed by the House”.

The leftist media have spun the narrative that there is mass outrage at Boris Johnson calling Jeremy Corbyn a “big girl’s blouse” (a coward) for refusing to back an election, implying the comments were sexist and homophobic.

Brexiteers have called out the “betrayal” of MPs voting to take over Commons business in order to push a bill that could make a no deal Brexit illegal.

MPs have voted to seize control of the agenda and have a vote on stopping no deal Brexit, with Prime Minister Johnson confirming the government will table a motion to hold a General Election.

Philip Lee has crossed the floor during Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speech in the House of Commons to join the Liberal Democrats, wiping out the Conservative government’s majority.

Allies of Prime Minister Boris Johnson have reportedly called on Conservative Party chiefs to break protocol and field a candidate against John Bercow at the next election over his Remain bias.

Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has criticised Remainer MPs for accusing Prime Minister Boris Johnson of triggering a constitutional crisis by suspending Parliament before Brexit day, asserting, “no harm ever came from respecting the will of the voters”.

Remainer Parliamentarians have been in hysterics over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that his government will suspend parliament in the autumn, with Europhile MPs saying it will give them less time to activate plots to stop Brexit.

54 per cent of Britons want the Prime Minister to deliver Brexit “by any means” necessary, even if he has to temporarily suspend Parliament to stop MPs from cancelling or delaying its October 31st deadline.

Tory Remainers have sketched out an extraordinary plot to embroil the Queen in their efforts to thwart Brexit, by having her travel to the next EU summit and plead for it to be delayed.

Unelected peers in the House of Lords have passed an amendment which could theoretically block Boris Johnson from suspending parliament so that the UK can leave the EU on October 31st without a deal.

Reports of Theresa May’s political demise may have been exaggerated, with her spokesman revealing that, while her time as Conservative Party leader is set to come to an end on Friday, she will remain as prime minister until she “believes that someone else can command the confidence” of MPs.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has slammed John Bercow for saying that he would stay on as speaker of the House of Commons in order to facilitate MPs blocking a no-deal Brexit.

A new leaked document shows that Theresa May’s plans for a ‘new’ Brexit withdrawal agreement contains no new ideas or any substantial changes that are likely to see it passed in the Commons.

A poll has found that majority of Britons have said that they will not give up meat, driving, or flying to stop alleged ‘climate change,’ after MPs backed a motion to declare an “environment and climate emergency.”

The Speaker of the House of Lords Lord Fowler has criticised Commons Speaker John Bercow for opposing U.S. President Donald J Trump’s address of Parliament during the state visit next month.

Senior Conservative Party backbenchers are calling on Prime Minister Theresa May to limit the controversial Irish backstop by one year or remove it completely from her withdrawal agreement.

Nigel Farage has revealed he will take his Brexit Party to Westminster to fight the next General Election in order to stop Remainer MPs from blocking Brexit.

Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly planning a fourth vote in the House of Commons on her withdrawal agreement as early as next week.

Former Conservative turned ardently pro-remain speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has come under pressure to invite Donald Trump to address Parliament by his opposite number in the House of Lords.

Brexiteer Tory MP Crispin Blunt has tabled an early day motion for debate of taking a formal position of no confidence in Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, based on how he has handled Parliamentary procedure in favour of Remainers.