In fact, what's called the " meaningful vote" on the deal was originally scheduled for December 11th but because it looked like parliament was going to reject it at that time, the vote was delayed until this Tuesday.
The Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn told his colleagues that with Brexit delayed until the end of January, the immediate threat of leaving without a deal had been removed.
But an increasing number of businesses are shutting down and as we reported yesterday, the Tokyo Summer Olympics that were supposed to start this July had been postponed until next July.
Plus, when you put off a challenging assignment in favor of doing a bunch of easy work first, it becomes really easy to convince yourself that you've “done enough” for the day once that easy work is done.
The first trip which was expected to take place in the middle of this year was pushed back to at least 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic and the new safety measures it requires.