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Spokesman: British PM to Present Brexit Bill to MPs on Friday

Agence France-Presse

   LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government intends to present a
   bill to parliament on Friday to enable Britain to leave the European
   Union next month, his spokesman said on Monday.

   "We plan to start the process before Christmas and will do so in the
   proper constitutional way in discussion with the speaker [of the House
   of Commons]," Johnson's spokesman told reporters.

   The announcement came as Johnson begins a new week with a fresh mandate
   to fulfill his promise to push through his election promise to "Get
   Brexit Done" on January 31.

   His gamble to call an early election to give him a majority in
   parliament to get approval of his divorce deal paid off spectacularly
   last week.

   His governing Conservative party won 365 seats-- a majority of 80-- at
   the expense of the main opposition Labour party, which was offering a
   second referendum on continued membership.

   The smaller Liberal Democrats, which wanted to scrap Brexit altogether,
   also saw its number of MPs fall.

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