Boris Johnson seeks to trigger snap general election after Commons defeat
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Boris Johnson has announced he will seek to trigger a snap general election after losing a crunch vote on Brexit. The Prime Minister said he would table a motion under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act on Tuesday night.