Britain will hold its first December
election in almost a century after Prime Minister
Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Tuesday for an early ballot aimed at breaking the
Brexit deadlock.
After the
European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the
United Kingdom, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on how, or indeed whether, to go ahead with Brexit.
Johnson, who had promised to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31 "do or die", demanded a Dec. 12 election after parliament - where he has no majority - frustrated his attempts to ratify the last-minute divorce deal he struck with the EU earlier this month.