UK’s main parties face ‘political extinction’ without Brexit – Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson, the likely next U.K. prime minister, said if the U.K. doesn’t leave the European Union on October 31, the two main British parties will face “political extinction.”
Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Johnson, frontrunner to replace Theresa May, said failure to leave the EU on schedule would see trust in his Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party “hemorrhage.”
Boris Johnson says Conservative and Labour will face a "political extinction" if Brexit is not delivered on 31 October #Ridgepic.twitter.com/46jfTGxBAS
— Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge (@SkyPoliticsHub) June 30, 2019
Johnson, who has pledged to take the U.K. out of the European Union by October 31.
Johnson on Sunday said that “what we will face is a political extinction … we will have a drift away from, not just the Conservative Party but both the main parties.”
Johnson also said he doesn’t want to suspend parliament to push through his Brexit plan, saying: “I don’t like the idea of proroguing. I’m not remotely attracted to it, but MPs have got to understand it’s their responsibility to get this thing [Brexit] done.”
