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Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered only defeats in the British Parliament, being prevented Monday, September 9th both to hold early elections and to proceed to a Brexit without agreement. With a strategy completely dismantled in a week, what options does he have to get his country out of the EU as he promises?
With our correspondent in London, Muriel Delcroix
Unless Downing Street has concocted an infallible plan, Boris Johnson's room for maneuver is shrinking . The British Prime Minister, who refuses to postpone Brexit, may choose to disobey Parliament and break the law that prevents him from going out without consent , but it would be a dangerous strategy that risks seeing him dragged to justice.
The other obvious solution at the moment is to try to negotiate a new agreement with Brussels. Boris Johnson has been trying to be more willing in recent days, having even resuscitated the idea of a safety net only for Northern Ireland . In fact, Arlene Foster, the leader of the Northern Ireland Unionist Party (DUP), has come to London for talks on Downing Street.
Still, this new agreement should be accepted in Parliament. One way would be to condition this " deal " to a confirmation consultation. Boris Johnson has always been a fierce opponent of any new referendum.
Finally another option, this time nuclear: the conservative leader could resign and ask the Queen to invite the leader of the Labor opposition to form a government. He would let Jeremy Corbyn ask for a postponement of Brexit before calling for a vote of no confidence against him, prompting an early election that Boris Johnson would hope to win by posing as the only truly dedicated to carry out the Brexit.