Summary
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow -- a colorful figure who has played a starring role in the Brexit drama -- said Johnson was not allowed to push for the same measures twice in the same Parliamentary sitting.
Johnson is trying to secure an Oct. 31 break from Brussels that severs many of the island nation's economic relations with Europe after 46 years of EU membership.
Johnson's foes are now forging new alliances and trying to attach amendments that could either force him to push for closer trade ties with the EU -- or abandon the deal and accept a third delay this year.
'Technical extension'Britain has been struggling to agree on how to leave the EU ever since narrowly backing Brexit in a 2016 referendum that did little to end old arguments about the country's place in the world.
The deck against Johnson seems stacked.
The main opposition Labour Party is trying to create a cross-party alliance that would back Johnson's deal on the condition that it is fixed to keep Britain in a customs union with the EU.
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