Conservatives split over election instead of passing the Brexit Bill

Boris Johnson’s is facing a major Tory split over whether to push for a pre-Christmas general election or to try to get his Brexit deal through parliament.

Serious divisions have opened up among senior cabinet ministers, the prime minister’s inner circle and Conservative MPs over whether to go for a snap poll.

The splits have emerged as Mr Johnson awaits a response from the European Council president Donald Tusk to his request for a Brexit extension, which is expected on Friday afternoon.

Labour MPs, whose support for a general election will be crucial, are also deeply divided, with many opposed to an early poll because they fear Mr Johnson will impose a no-deal Brexit.

An early election would either require a vote of no confidence in the government in the Commons or a vote under the Fixed Term Parliament’s Act, which would need a two thirds majority

Via Sky News