Boris Johnson's speech was likely planned as his first election campaign address. Except there is now no campaign. And no election. Johnson's call for one was defeated by Parliament on Wednesday, one of three bruising losses he suffered this week.
Boris Johnson continued his terrible political week with a long, rambling speech in which the UK Prime Minister said he'd rather be"dead in the ditch" than ask Europe to delay Brexit.
That proclamation may return to haunt him, as at the moment it doesn't look like he'll have much choice. Parliament passed a bill Thursday that requires him to ask for an extension to Brexit talks if he fails to secure a deal by the end of October -- which looks increasingly unlikely. Asked whether he'd resign to avoid doing that, Johnson refused to give an answer.
— Jo Johnson September 5, 2019 It was the repeated questions from journalists about Jo Johnson's resignation that finally forced the Prime Minister to admit that Brexit was a divisive topic,"an issue that obviously divides families and divides everybody."He knows what he is speaking about -- the divisions over Britain's departure from the EU have not only divided the Johnson brothers, but also the Prime Minister's party, and deprived him of his parliamentary majority.
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