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Boris Johnson's Brexit deal faces uphill struggle as it heads for Parliament

"I am very confident that when my colleagues in Parliament study this agreement, they want to vote for it," said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. PHOTO: REUTERS
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed hope that his Parliament in London will approve the deal he struck with the European Union, allowing Britain to leave the European Union in an orderly manner as early as the end of this month.

"I am very confident that when my colleagues in Parliament study this agreement, they want to vote for it," Mr Johnson said, speaking from Brussels, where he attended the current EU summit of heads of states and governments devoted to this issue.

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