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Two of the main opposition parties in the UK have rejected the Brexit deal announced today, meaning that the British Prime Minister will face an extremely tough job getting the deal through the UK Parliament.
        Jeremy Corbyn MP, leader of the Labour Party, the biggest opposition group in the House of Commons, was unequivocal. He said: The Prime Minister has negotiated an even worse deal than Theresa May’s, which was overwhelmingly rejected. These proposals risk triggering a race to the bottom on rights and protections: putting food safety at risk, cutting environmental standards and workers' rights, and opening up our NHS to a takeover by US private corporations. This sell out deal won’t bring the country together and should be rejected. The best way to get Brexit sorted is to give the people the final say in a public vote. The Liberal Democrats, who want to stop Brexit from happening altogether, have also opposed the deal.

What that means:
        To get a majority in Parliament, Johnson needs all of his Conservative MPs to back his deal, plus the 21 lawmakers he expelled after they defied him in an effort to prevent a no-deal Brexit, plus the 10 MPs of the Democratic Unionist Party. For every one of those he loses, he must replace them with rebel-minded opposition lawmakers. Most estimates suggest that there between five and 20 Labour MPs who might support a Brexit deal in defiance of their leader – that makes things very tight for Johnson.