Boris Johnson says UK will leave EU on 31 October ‘do or die’

Tory leadership frontrunner hardens his position on Brexit

Boris Johnson
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Boris Johnson says Britain will leave the European Union on 31 October “do or die”. Speaking to Talkradio, the frontrunner in the race for the Tory leadership said: “We are getting ready to come out on 31 October. Come what may. Do or die.”

He also said he would scrap Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement and seek a completely new deal before then. “I mean more than a change,” he said. “It’s got to be, we need a new withdrawal agreement – if we’re going to go out on the basis of a withdrawal agreement.”

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