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To nobody's surprise, Boris Johnson's Brexit bill has breezed through the Commons

The brutal logic of the first-past-the-post system gave an air of inevitability to Johnson's Brexit bill

Andrew Woodcock
Friday 10 January 2020 02:15 GMT
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Brexit bill allowing Britain to exit EU on 31 January passes Commons

After a Westminster year consumed by drama and tension over Brexit, when the bill to take the UK out of the EU finally passed the Commons it was very much a case of “not with a bang but a whimper”.

Opposition attempts to amend Boris Johnson’s withdrawal deal were brushed aside without difficulty, and aside from Scottish National Party protests at being taken out of the EU against their will, the mood among opponents of Brexit was largely one of resignation.

Mr Johnson’s landslide 80-seat majority in last month’s election has changed the balance of power of parliament enormously, and nowhere more so than in the Brexit debate.

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