Britain Set for December 12 Election to Break the Brexit Deadlock

Britain Set for December 12 Election to Break the Brexit Deadlock
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends an extended working session on Foreign Policy and Security Affairs: Syria during the G7 summit on in Biarritz, France, on Aug. 26, 2019. Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images
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LONDON—Britain will hold its first December election in almost a century after Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval from parliament on Oct. 29 for an early ballot aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock.

After the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the United Kingdom, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on how, or indeed whether, to go ahead with Brexit.