Johnson to pull Brexit bill if timetable rejected

UK Prime Minister Johnson wants MPs in the Commons to approve the Withdrawal Agreement Bill in just three days but faced with a possible defeat, he has since threatened to withhold his Brexit bill. Instead, he seeks a fresh election.

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said that he would pull his Brexit deal from a parliamentary vote if lawmakers failed to approve the government's timetable for the country's withdrawal from the European Union.

Lawmakers in the House of Commons, the UK's lower chamber of Parliament, are debating Johnson's revised Brexit deal ahead of a scheduled vote later in the day, reported media.

"I will in no way allow months more of this. If Parliament refuses to allow Brexit to happen and instead gets its way and decides to delay everything until January or possibly longer, in no circumstances can the government continue with this," said Johnson.

"The bill will have to be pulled and we will have to go forward to a general election."