Johnson to tell Juncker: ‘I won’t discuss Brexit extension beyond 31 October’
by Toby Helm from on (#4QCM4)
Prime minister warns Brussels that he will reject any offer of prolonged membership and renews his threat of no deal
Boris Johnson will tell the outgoing European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Monday that he will defy a new act of parliament and refuse to discuss or accept any offer to extend the UK's membership even if a Brexit deal cannot be agreed, Downing Street said last night.
The prime minister's hardline message to Brussels that he will take the UK out of the EU on 31 October, come what may, will enrage MPs from all parties who joined forces last week to force through a new law mandating him to ask the EU to prolong UK membership from the current deadline of 31 October until 31 January next year, to avoid a no-deal outcome.
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