British Prime Minister Boris Johnson taunted his rivals on his return to parliam...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson taunted his rivals on his return to parliament on Wednesday, goading them to either bring down the government or get out of the way to allow him to deliver Brexit.
“Will they have the courage to act or will they refuse to take responsibility and do nothing but dither and delay?” he asked, saying his government would not “betray the people” over Brexit. Having lost his majority and a series of parliamentary votes on Brexit, Johnson had suspended the House of Commons for five weeks. But the country’s top court ruled the closure was void.
Johnson’s spokesman said the opposition’s refusal to trigger an election would be taken by the government as a green light to carry on with its Brexit strategy, to leave by Oct. 31. “It’s time to put up or shut up,” he said. Before the suspension, an alliance of opposition lawmakers backed by rebel members of Johnson’s Conservative Party forced through the law requiring him to ask the EU to push back the deadline if no exit deal is agreed by Oct. 19.
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