Boris Johnson could either adhere to Parliament's new law, resign, or even possibly face prison time

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is running out of options, The Guardian reports.

Earlier this week Johnson said he'd "rather be dead than ask for another Brexit delay," despite the fact that Parliament passed a bill to prevent a no-deal departure Friday. "We're in quite extraordinary territory when the prime minister says he is above the law," Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said.

Corbyn added that the best thing the government could do is make sure Johnson abides by Parliament's bill — which is set to become law Monday — ahead of the Oct. 31 deadline. Politics aside, that might be the only course of action Johnson has if he wants to remain in office, legal experts suggested. In fact, if Johnson goes rogue, he could even technically wind up facing prison time.

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"A refusal in the face of that would amount to contempt of court, which could find that person in prison," Lord Kenneth Macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions, said. "He won't get any cooperation, apart from the fanatics around him."

Of course, there is another option for Johnson. Read more at The Guardian. Tim O'Donnell