UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for general election today will very much likely fail. Labour already indicated in a statement that they “would not support Boris Johnson’s ploy to deny the people their decision by crashing us out of the EU with No Deal during a general election campaign”. Meanwhile, Johnson’s spokesperson James Slack has confirmed that Parliament will be suspended once today’s business has been completed.

Separately, Johnson said in Ireland, alongside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that he wants to “find a deal” and “get a deal” on Brexit. And, “for the sake of business, for farmers, and millions of ordinary people who are counting on us to use our imagination and creativity to get this done. I want you to know I would overwhelmingly prefer to find an agreement.”

Varadkar, on the other hand, said “in the absence of agreed alternative arrangements, no backstop is no deal for us… We are open to alternatives, but they must realistic ones, legally binding and workable and we haven’t received such proposals to date.”

UK leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg said that the government is going to hold another vote on Monday, to push for early election. The vote to hold an election on October ended with 298 to 44, way short of the 430-plus threshold as Labour and some other opposition abstained.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is still aiming at a general election before EU summit on October 17. It’s clear that he need support from Labour. But the latter has indicated that it would support support an early election until legislation which aims to block a no-deal exit at the end of October has become law.

The bill to block no-deal Brexit was passed in Commons yesterday Conservative Party members of the Lords originally tabled a series of time wasting amendments to delay the bill. But earlier today, the government announced it was dropping its opposition to the legislation.