48 hours ago he was leading the chance of stop the coup, let the people vote. now he s saying stop the election and stop the people from voting. i think he has become the first to my knowledge, the first leader of the opposition in the democratic history of our country to refuse the invitation to an election. i urge his colleagues to reflect on what i think is the unsustainability of this position overnight and in the course of the next few days. cnn european affairs commentator dominique thomas joins us live now from berlin. good to see you, dominic. so four crushing defeats for boris johnson. with the uk parliament rejecting his no-deal brexit and demand for a snap election, he s looking pretty weak right now and isolated. where is this all going? yes, rosemary, he s looking very weak. remember when he won the conservative party election just a couple of weeks ago, he came out with the acronym d.u.d.e.
now, already is a sign that the uk is starting to withdraw itself from some of these eu day-to-day matters. as promised a couple of weeks ago when we saw michael gove say that the uk s teams would not be taking place in taking part in standard meetings with the eu. we ve now heard from two eu sources that the uk has on the first step started to do that. in fact, just yesterday they were planning on nominating judges a dutch judge to one of their european courts. the uk stepped back and allowed another country that holds a redating presidency of the eu. a very vigilant and alert brussels these days, rosemary. just incredible. reporting there from brussels. just cup coming up to 9:30 in the morning there. many thanks. earlier i spoke with cnn european affairs commentator dominic thomas and i began by
bill tomorrow, the public will have to choose who goes to brussels on october the 17th to sort this out and take this country forward. and cnn european affairs commentator dominic thomas is with us now from berlin. good to see you. just extraordinary, isn t it? i want to get an idea from you how big a blow this is to prime minister boris johnson and what s the likely outcome of wednesday s vote on a bill that would prevent a no dael brexit on october 31st? it s a significant blow. he s been in office for just a few weeks. he lost his majority yesterday in parliament. and he not only lost a vote but it looks as if a bill will make it through parliament and prevent him essentially from enacting a no deal. in other words, he will be forced to go to brussels to ask for an extension if he doesn t have a deal in place by mid october. this is very significant. this ultimately means that if a general election is triggered he now finds himself in the awkward
injured primarily by debris, were taken to hospitals for treatment. one of them told cnn how the freak event unfolded. it was in a torrential downpour. i didn t feel unsafe. i was on my way back, you know, to be with the people working with me at the event. i think everyone else was heading towards shelter. it didn t appear there be a reason not to go towards shelter. i don t think the tour did anything wrong. in tenhe end, we got unlucky. it s one in a kajillion chance. lucky, indeed. thank you for being with us. the news continues here on cnn. (vo) the hamsters, run hopelessly in their cage.
as with any meeting of world leaders, protesters turned out in force. look at the live pictures from near the g7 summit. protesters are demanding action, from globalization to the environment and economic policy. police have yet to release figures on how many protesters were arrested on sunday. cnn european affairs commentator dominick thomas is with us to put all of this in perspective. dominick joining from berlin. boris johnson, the new role he has, he got to speak with the u.s. president and his thoughts on the trade wars at odds with mr. trump s. but they seem to mange good at the table together. who has more leverage in this relationship? it s clear and unambiguous