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TODAY: Parliament is sitting on a #SuperSaturday for the first time in 37 years as MPs decide whether to back Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal. Follow this thread for the latest

LATEST: The U.K. government won't contest the #BrexitDeal vote if the Letwin Amendment passes, official says. More: bloom.bg/2BoH3jH

Boris Johnson says he hopes Parliament can back Brexit as it's the 2nd #BrexitDeal and the 4th vote on the deal #SuperSaturday

"A deal that can heal the rift in British politics"

Boris Johnson appeals to U.K. lawmakers to back his Brexit deal in today's #SuperSaturday sitting

Boris Johnson says his #BrexitDeal amounts to the "greatest single restoration of national sovereignty in parliamentary history" #SuperSaturday

"It is now my judgment that we have reached the best possible solution"

Boris Johnson urges MPs to back his #BrexitDeal or risk crashing out of the EU without a deal #SuperSaturday

"He has renegotiated the withdrawal agreement and made it even worse"

It's U.K. Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn up next and he says he won't support Johnson's #BrexitDeal #SuperSaturday

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argues Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal would inevitably lead to a "Trump trade deal", bringing "chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-treated" into U.K. households

"We are not prepared to sell out their future and we will not back this sell-out deal."

Corbyn urges fellow MPs to stop Johnson's #BrexitDeal #SuperSaturday

Boris Johnson urges ex-Tory minister Oliver Letwin to pull his amendment

The government won’t put the deal to a vote today if MPs back the amendment, which would force Johnson to request a Brexit extension whatever the outcome of #SuperSaturday

"Today, hundreds of thousands of people will be outside demanding a final say in a people's vote"

Liberal Democrats leader @joswinson acknowledges a planned #PeoplesVoteMarch and says Johnson won't give them another vote because he knows he would lose

@joswinson Boris Johnson says if MPs wish to avoid a no-deal Brexit, they should back his #BrexitDeal #SuperSaturday

@joswinson While MPs debate Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal, protesters are gathering outside the U.K. Parliament for the #PeoplesVoteMarch

@joswinson LOOK: Tens of thousands march towards the U.K. Parliament to demand a "final say" on the #BrexitDeal, as MPs debate Boris Johnson's new deal #PeoplesVoteMarch

@joswinson Here's the scale of the crowd on the streets of London. Demonstrators are demanding a "final say" on the #BrexitDeal #PeoplesVoteMarch

@joswinson "Standing here I have a distinct sense of déjà vu"

Theresa May, whose #BrexitDeal was rejected by Parliament 3 times, says she intends to "rebel against all of those who don't want to vote to deliver Brexit" #SuperSaturday

@joswinson Theresa May says she will back Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal

"If you don't want no deal, you have to vote for a deal"

@joswinson "If you want to know what the British people think now: Ask them.”

Labour MP @PeteKyle says there have been so many different versions of Brexit that the house is "irreconcilably divided"

@joswinson @petekyle Protesters waving EU flags are filling up Westminster as Parliament decides whether to back Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal #PeoplesVoteMarch

@joswinson @petekyle BREAKING: U.K. Parliament votes to delay decision on Boris Johnson's #BrexitDeal

@joswinson @petekyle "The ayes have it!"

MPs vote to delay approving #BrexitDeal. Boris Johnson will be forced to send a letter to the EU requesting an extension

@joswinson @petekyle "I will not negotiate a delay with the EU and neither does the law compel me to do so," Boris Johnson says after MPs voted to delay decision on his #BrexitDeal

@joswinson @petekyle Corbyn says he welcomes Parliament's decision to delay #BrexitDeal vote and Johnson "must now comply with the law"

@joswinson @petekyle WATCH: The Tory Party backbenchers leave the Parliament chamber after MPs voted to delay decision on #BrexitDeal #SuperSaturday

@joswinson @petekyle "I voted in. I have no intention of wanting to go out."

Protesters took to the streets of London to make their voices heard as Parliament voted to postpone approving a #BrexitDeal

@joswinson @petekyle "Shame!"

Leader of the House of Commons, and Conservative MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg gets heckled by anti-Brexit protesters as he leaves parliament Saturday

@joswinson @petekyle BREAKING: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he won't negotiate a Brexit delay with the EU, despite today's vote in Parliament to do so

@joswinson @petekyle UPDATE: Boris Johnson is sending the letter he never wanted to write.

After speaking with European Council President Donald Tusk, Johnson confirmed he would formally ask the EU to delay #Brexit until January 31, despite his pledge to leave by October 31

@joswinson @petekyle JUST IN: European Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the Brexit extension request written by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived
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@joswinson @petekyle This is the letter Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent to European Council President Donald Tusk.

In the letter, he honors Parliament's request to delay #Brexit but also insists extending the divorce beyond October 31 would "damage the interests of the U.K." and EU

@joswinson @petekyle Prime Minister Johnson also sent this unsigned letter to Tusk, conceding that Parliament has sought a #Brexit extension, but also reiterating his commitment to get the U.K. out of the EU by October 31

@joswinson @petekyle U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk requesting a #Brexit delay.

Here's how we got here

@joswinson @petekyle JUST IN: The European Union is poised to grant a 3-month extension on the deadline for #Brexit, according to a Times of London report citing unnamed diplomatic sources.

The October 31 deadline would be extended to February 2020 if Boris Johnson can't secure passage of the deal