国际英语资讯:Spotlight: British lawmakers say yes to Dec. 12 general election_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: British lawmakers say yes to Dec. 12 general election

A number of media outlets in London said Johnson had been prepared to scrap the election plan altogether if either of those amendments had been agreed.

Hoyle did accept the defeated amendment by Labour MP Cat Smith wanting to change the date of the election from Johnson's preferred Dec. 12 to Dec. 9.

Most national elections in Britain traditionally take place on Thursdays in May.

Parliament will close its doors in the middle of next week to pave the way for nationwide electioneering.

BREXIT ELECTION

The general election is expected to focus mainly on Johnson's Brexit deal to end Britain's membership of the European Union on Jan. 31, or earlier if the new parliament backs the EU withdrawal legislation.

His bid for Brexit will come up against opposition party demands for a second referendum or scrapping Brexit altogether.

Elections expert John Curtice from the University of Strathclyde told London radio station LBC on Tuesday that the election is "one Boris Johnson has to win."

Curtice predicted Johnson's Conservatives will fail to win an overall majority.

"The safest prediction is that we will have a record number of non-Conservative and non-Labour MPs in this parliament," said Curtice.

He said the Scottish National Party (SNP) is likely to win the vast majority of seats in Scotland while the minority Liberal Democrats are expected to do extremely well.