Downing Street refuses to promise to respect will of MPs

PM’s spokesman declines to confirm a vote against no-deal Brexit would change anything

Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street
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Downing Street has declined to say whether a Commons vote against a no-deal Brexit would stop it happening.

Questioned at length at a media briefing, a spokesman reiterated Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s position that Brexit will take place on 31 October “whatever the circumstances”.

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