Prime Minister Boris Johnson, frustrated in his Brexit push, calls for Dec. 12 election

LONDON — With his Brexit deal “paused,” Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said that he would ask the fractious, divided Parliament to agree to a Dec. 12 general election.

Speaking with BBC, Johnson said that if lawmakers “genuinely want more time to study this excellent deal, they can have it — but they have to agree to a general election on December the 12th.”

It was a threat and perhaps also a serious call to settle matters before the voters.

Johnson has been frustrated in his drive to “get Brexit done” by the end of October.

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