• UK.Boris Johnson warns Brussels that "there will be no more hesitation": "We will conclude Brexit on October 31"
  • United Kingdom. Boris Johnson calls for Parliament's support for its Brexit plan "in the national interest"

Boris Johnson plans to dig into Downing Street and challenge Queen Elizabeth II to force her resignation as a premier or call a general election if the EU rejects her plan for Brexit and if Parliament blocks the EU's exit without agreement. According to The Sunday Times , the conservative leader is willing to provoke an unprecedented constitutional crisis since in 1834 King William IV dismissed William Lamb, known as Lord Melbourne, as prime minister.

"Unless the police knock on the doors of Downing Street with an arrest warrant, the prime minister will not leave," sources close to Johnson anticipated to the London newspaper, willing to take the struggle with Parliament and the Supreme Court to the Last consequences

The premier stressed on Friday that the only two options are "a new agreement" or a "no agreement" , but that there will not be a new extension of Brexit and that the exit of the EU will take place on October 31 as planned.

Johnson also threatens to sabotage the EU from within and block the budget if the British government is forced to a new extension, according to The Daily Telegraph . He has anticipated that he can also intercede with European leaders such as the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, to request a veto for a new extension of Brexit. Johnson will start a new round next week before European leaders to defend his plan for the two Irlandas, despite the reluctance put by Brussels.

The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, said Johnson will be "fully responsible if there is no agreement", following the stoppage of negotiations over the weekend. " If they do not change their proposal, there is no basis to move forward, " Barnier said, after ensuring that the Johnson plan can compromise the Good Friday Peace Agreement and re-establish customs barriers between the two Irlandas.

The secretary of Brexit, Stephen Barclay, admitted for his part that the British Government could "amend" some of its proposals (including the departure of Northern Ireland from the customs union, in contrast to the statements of Boris Johnson himself in Manchester ensuring that The plan presented this week to Brussels is "the last offer".

The Tory leader plans to again request the temporary suspension of Parliament on Tuesday, alleging this time "logistical and security reasons" for the Queen's Address on October 14, in which he will present his Government plan.

Today the decision of a Scottish court is expected before the lawsuit raised by several anti Brexit activists who claim that the premier complies with the law passed by Parliament to prevent a Brexit from the braves if there is no agreement with the EU on October 19. The new legal action could end again before the Supreme in full countdown.

Meanwhile, opposition forces plan new maneuvers to prevent Brexit without agreement, including the formation of a unity government as an alternative to Johnson, provisionally led by Labor Margaret Beckett or even the current president of the House of Commons, John Bercow, who announced his intention to leave office on October 31. The function of the Unity Government would be to avoid Brexit without agreement, to ask the EU for a new extension of three months and to call early elections.

Johnson has taken full advantage of his struggle with Parliament and now leads the Labor Party of Jeremy Corbyn by 15 points (38% to 23%) in the latest Opinium poll for The Guardian , which also detects a drop in the Liberal Party. Democrat up to 15%.

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