Election bid looms as British MPs defeat Johnson on Brexit

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants to leave the EU on October 31 with or without a deal. [AFP]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the prospect of a snap election on Tuesday after he suffered a major parliamentary defeat over his Brexit strategy that could delay Britain's exit from the European Union.

Just six weeks after taking office, the Conservative leader was hit by a huge rebellion among his own MPs that leaves him without a working majority in the House of Commons as he looks to take Britain out of the EU on October 31.