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Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts) Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:22 PM Sep 2019

PM Johnson: I will not ask for Brexit delay [View all]

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding he delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal.

Johnson appeared to have lost control of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union with the approval of the law, which obliges him to seek a delay unless he can strike a new deal at an EU summit next month. EU leaders have repeatedly said they have not received specific proposals...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu/pm-johnson-i-will-not-ask-for-brexit-delay-idUKKCN1VU0P3

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PM Johnson: I will not ask for Brexit delay [View all] Ghost Dog Sep 2019 OP

BJ is pissed..he lost again...no general election...n/t asiliveandbreathe Sep 2019 #1

Bojo the Clown...N/T flotsam Sep 2019 #2

This is hard to figure out. Matilda Sep 2019 #3

That's the only way he'll get re-elected muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #4

No deal has become the Brexiters' favoured default by creeping attrition over the last year or so. Denzil_DC Sep 2019 #5