Johnson's own brother resigns on eve of Brexit election campaign
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to kick off what is in effect an election campaign casting parliament as the enemy of Brexit was overshadowed on Thursday when his younger brother quit the government, citing the national interest.
Ahead of a speech in northern England where the prime minister was expected to begin an informal election campaign, his own brother, Jo, resigned as a junior business minister and said he was stepping down as a lawmaker for their Conservative Party. The move comes in a frenetic week for the premier, who said his brother had been “a brilliant, talented minister and a fantastic MP”, and that the decision would not have been easy.
Behind the sound and the fury of the immediate crisis, an election now beckons for a polarised country.The main choices on offer are Johnson’s insistence on leaving the EU on Oct. 31, come what may, and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s hard-left socialist vision, coupled with a promise of a fresh referendum with an option to stay in the EU.
Asked if Brexit would happen on Oct. 31, Johnson’s belligerent senior adviser Dominic Cummings, a focus of many departing Conservative lawmakers’ grievances, told Reuters: “Trust the people.”A spokesman for the prime minister said his speech would make the case that “it is now time for the people to decide after parliament has failed them, so we can resolve this once and for all”.
Opposition parties say they are in favour of an election in principle, but were on Thursday debating whether or not to accept Johnson’s proposed date of Oct. 15 - before Britain is due to leave the EU.
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