Boris Johnson says he will call for general election if he is forced to request a Brexit extension.
Jeremy Corbyn said the bill needed to be passed to take the no-deal option completely"off the table" before his party would support the call for a general election.
Downing Street said the 21 Tory MPs who rebelled in Tuesday's vote would have the whip removed, effectively expelling them from the parliamentary party and meaning they could not stand as Conservative candidates in the election.
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