Asked if he could guarantee he would not request from the EU a delay to Brexit, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: 'Yes I can. I'd rather be dead in a ditch'
said he would rather be"dead in a ditch" than ask Brussels for a further Brexit extension, as he challenged opposition parties to back his call for a general election on October 15.
Speaking at an event in Yorkshire to back his pledge to recruit 20,000 more police officers — and unofficially fire the starting gun on the election campaign — Johnson said the Brexit extension backed by MPs this week is"pointless." Asked if he could guarantee he would not, even if bound by law, request from the EU a delay to Brexit beyond October 31, he said: “Yes I can. I’d rather be dead in a ditch.”
Asked if that means he would sooner resign than delay, he dodged the question but criticized MPs for forcing an extension that he said would cost"a billion pounds a month" and achieve"absolutely nothing." MPs have voted for a bill that would prevent a no-deal Brexit on October 31 by forcing Johnson to seek a Brexit extension until January 2020, in the event that no agreement is in place by October 19. The bill is set to become law early next week.
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