Brexit extension announced as Boris Johnson pushes for December election

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UK lawmakers rejected the government's proposal on Monday, but an early election is nevertheless looking increasingly likely.

Two very similar short bills will be introduced in Parliament in the coming days, both seeking to lock down an early vote: One proposal for a December 12 election, will be laid down by the government. Another proposal for a December 9 election has been announced by the Liberal Democrats and the SNP.

Both are designed to skirt the current election law, which requires a supermajority of two-thirds in Parliament to approve an early election. But like any other legislation, these bills will be subjects to possible amendments, which could pose new political risks.

The Brexit agreement that Johnson struck with Brussels will not be brought back to the UK Parliament while its members debate an Election Bill, a Downing Street source told CNN.

“Tonight we are laying a one clause motion to amend the [Fixed-Term Parliaments Act] and call an election with the named day of 12 December," the source said.

The source added the bill is "very similar to the Lib Dems/SNP proposal."

“This is the way to get Brexit done so the country can move on,” the source also said.

The Leader of the Liberal Democrats Jo Swinson said Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost the vote in Parliament because lawmakers don't trust him.

She called the vote on Monday the "latest attempt to force his bad Brexit bill through."

She added:

She said Liberal Democrats will continue to campaign to stop Brexit.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced he will try to bypass the supermajority rule which ensured he lost his bid for an early election on Monday by introducing a new piece of legislation that would effectively override the current election law.

A one-line bill, saying something along the lines of "notwithstanding the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (FTPA), an election will be held on December 12."

Johnson would only need a simple majority of MPs to pass that law, as opposed to the backing of two thirds of Parliament required by the FTPA.

However, there are two issues with that approach:

Johnson runs the risk that the opposition could team up with Conservative rebels to change the law in ways that could potentially hurt him.

The Government has lost yet another vote in Parliament, with MPs defeating Boris Johnson's motion calling for an early election.

The government secured 299 votes, while 70 MPs voted against the bill.

To succeed, the Prime Minister needed two thirds of all MPs -- 434 in total -- to support his call for an early vote, under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act.

UK lawmakers are voting now on whether to hold an early election in December.

A number of opposition MPs have been arguing that they cannot support Boris Johnson's call for an early election because they can't trust him.

They are pointing out a number of pledges the Prime Minister has broken in the past, such as saying he wouldn't call for an early election, or ask the EU for another Brexit extension.

He did all of those things -- though he had no choice over the last one, after Parliament passed a law that required him to do just that.

Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in Westminster, turned his speech in the election debate into a new pitch for Scottish independence.

The majority of Scottish people voted to remain in the European Union in the June 2016 referendum, and the SNP has been using that result as an argument in favor of another vote on Scottish independence.

Blackford said: