The European Union will delay Brexit until February 2020 if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is unable to get his deal past parliament this week, The Sunday Times is reporting
Figures depicting Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his special advisor Dominic Cummings are displayed during a demonstration as parliament sits on a Saturday for the first time since the 1982 Falklands War, to discuss Brexit in London, Britain, October 19, 2019
That defeat leaves Johnson under mounting pressure to find a way out of paralysing impasse on when and how Britain would leave the EU bloc after Britons narrowly voted to exit in a 2016 referendum. Having failed to back a divorce deal, which Johnson had secured on Thursday, MPs triggered a law requiring him to write to EU leaders asking to delay Brexit, to avoid the risk that Britain crashes out in less than a fortnight's time.
The delay would be "fungible", meaning that Britain could leave earlier, on November 1 or 15, December or January, if his deal is ratified before the extension ends, the newspaper said, citing diplomatic sources. Separately, it is seeking a new yes-or-no vote on approving the deal on Monday, although this may fall foul of parliamentary procedure."If we get the legislation through then there is no extension. October 31 is within sight," said Gove.More than three years on from the June 2016 vote to leave the EU, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told BBC television that from his conversations with other EU capitals, "they are fed up with this now – and we are fed up with it".
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