Boris Johnson: the deal is dead

london - Boris Johnson, the former British secretary of state and a pronounced Brexiteer, responded to the withdrawal of the Brexit agreement by Prime Minister Theresa May with the words: 'The deal...

The agreement with the European Union received 202 votes in favor and 432 against. The last time a British prime minister suffered such a great defeat was in 1924.

The government listens to the House of Commons, Prime Minister Theresa May said in a first reaction.

According to British media, 118 Conservative House members, May's fellow party members, voted against the deal. Some advocates of brexit said after the vote that Britain should be prepared to step out of the EU without agreement.