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Boris Johnson fuels speculation he could ignore Brexit delay law
Source: The Guardian
Boris Johnson fuels speculation he could ignore Brexit delay law
PM says UK can still leave with no deal and fails to deny asking EU nations to block extension
Kate Proctor
Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.17 BST
Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.26 BST
Boris Johnson has ramped up speculation that he is planning to bypass a law that stops the UK from crashing out of the EU without a deal.
The prime minister told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that Britain can still leave the bloc on 31 October despite the passing of the Benn Act, which aims to prevent a no-deal Brexit by forcing him to ask Brussels for a delay.
He also failed to deny holding talks with EU heads of state to request they block any request for a Brexit extension.
Despite outrage this week after he repeatedly labelled the Benn Act the “surrender bill”, Johnson described himself as a “model of restraint” in what has been described as an increasingly toxic political atmosphere.
During the interview on The Andrew Marr Show on the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Johnson also refused to apologise for using the word “humbug” in response to the MP Paula Sherriff’s complaint that she has received death threats, claiming he had been discussing a different point.
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PM says UK can still leave with no deal and fails to deny asking EU nations to block extension
Kate Proctor
Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.17 BST
Last modified on Sun 29 Sep 2019 12.26 BST
Boris Johnson has ramped up speculation that he is planning to bypass a law that stops the UK from crashing out of the EU without a deal.
The prime minister told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that Britain can still leave the bloc on 31 October despite the passing of the Benn Act, which aims to prevent a no-deal Brexit by forcing him to ask Brussels for a delay.
He also failed to deny holding talks with EU heads of state to request they block any request for a Brexit extension.
Despite outrage this week after he repeatedly labelled the Benn Act the “surrender bill”, Johnson described himself as a “model of restraint” in what has been described as an increasingly toxic political atmosphere.
During the interview on The Andrew Marr Show on the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester, Johnson also refused to apologise for using the word “humbug” in response to the MP Paula Sherriff’s complaint that she has received death threats, claiming he had been discussing a different point.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/29/boris-johnson-fuels-speculation-could-ignore-brexit-delay-law