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Britain's 'Super Saturday' as Brexit Vote Goes to Wire

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to persuade
   lawmakers to back the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the
   European Union, ahead of a special session in the British Parliament
   scheduled Saturday. The vote on the deal is set to go to the wire and
   is likely to prove critical for Britain's future in or out of the EU.

   Johnson's Conservative Party doesn't have a majority in the British
   Parliament, so the 10 votes of its allies, Northern Ireland's
   Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), could be decisive.

   However, the DUP has indicated it will vote against the Withdrawal
   Agreement negotiated by Johnson, because party leaders say it
   undermines Northern Ireland's bond with the United Kingdom.

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