MPs kick the Brexit can down the road. Again

Editor’s note (October 19th): This article was updated after Boris Johnson sent a letter to Brussels requesting an extension of Britain’s date of departure from the EU.

DECISION DAY became dither day. Rather than hold the expected “meaningful vote” on Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal, on October 19th Britain’s House of Commons—sitting on a Saturday for the first time in 37 years—instead chose to wait a while. By 322 votes to 306, MPs backed an amendment proposed by Sir Oliver Letwin, an ex-Tory grandee, to “withhold” approval of the agreement until Parliament has passed the legislation needed to implement it.