Boris Johnson will send a letter on Saturday requesting a further extension to Britain's departure from the
European Union, an EU official said, with the
British prime minister obliged to ask for a delay after losing a vote in parliament.
Instead, lawmakers voted 322 to 306 in favour of an amendment that turned Johnson's planned finale on its head by leaving the prime minister exposed to a humiliating obligation to ask the EU for a delay until the end of January 2020, and increasing the opportunity for opponents to frustrate Brexit.