Boris blasts ‘terrible collaboration’ between Remainer MPs and EU to try and stop Brexit

BORIS Johnson has let rip at Philip Hammond today – saying Remainers like him are in a ‘terrible collaboration’ with the EU to derail Brexit.

In his first ‘People’s PMQs’ session this afternoon he answered questions from the public life on Facebook.

And he used it to tear into the former Chancellor after his explosive intervention this morning.

The PM accused him of working together with the EU to stop Brexit.

He said: “There’s a terrible kind of collaboration going on between people who think they can block Brexit in Parliament and our European friends.

“They are still sticking with every letter and comma of the withdrawal agreement because they still think Brexit can be blocked in Parliament.”

There’s a terrible kind of collaboration going on between people who think they can block Brexit

Boris Johnson

He said that the longer this stalemate goes on, “the more likely it is that we will be forced to leave with a No Deal Brexit” – even though that’s not what he wants.

MPs and Brussels bosses should realise Brits now want us to just get on with leaving, he added.

In a 15-minute long address to the nation on Facebook this afternoon he fielded several questions from the public – the first such session for a PM.

Boris vowed to restore trust in politics by finally getting us out before the end of October, invest in forgotten towns and cities, and improve education and tackle knife crime.

HAMMOND’S PLOT

Mr Hammond has said this morning that he was “very confident” that Parliament would succeed in its latest attempt to betray millions of Leave voters.

Despite the fact that Boris has only been in No10 for three weeks, Mr Hammond said he was determined to wreck his plan to take us out of the EU no matter what happens.

Boris has staked his entire premiership on vowing to exit the bloc no matter what happens, even if that means with No Deal.

But today Mr Hammond told Radio 4: “I am very confident that the means exist for Parliament to make its voice heard and to pass legislation to give effect to the clear view of Parliament.”

And when he was asked whether that means new laws to block No Deal or postpone Brexit Day for a THIRD time, he said: “Yes.”

If MPs were to take control of the Parliamentary agenda they could propose their own laws to throw a spanner in Boris’ plans.

I am very confident that the means exist for Parliament to make its voice heard

Philip Hammond

Mr Hammond, who was Chancellor for three years under Theresa May but quit before Boris Johnson could sack him, added that Speaker John Bercow would be able to help him stop Brexit.

He added: “It’s very clear to me, and I think the Speaker of the House of Commons has also been very clear, that if a majority of Members of Parliament want to go down a certain route, a means will be delivered to allow that to happen.”

Last night Speaker Bercow vowed to “fight with every bone in my body” to stop Boris closing Parliament to force through Brexit.

Boris became the first PM to announce a policy on a streaming platform when he revealed plans to tear up visa rules for foreign scientists in the UK last week.

During the clip he announced that under his new policy boffins will be given a fast-track visa even if they don’t have a job offer.

Ministers will also abolish the cap on the number of visas dished out to scientists.

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