Brexit Deadlock as Boris Johnson’s Lies Finally Catch Up With Him
LONDON—Unfortunately for Boris Johnson, the British prime minister now needs us to take him at his word.
Britain’s opposition parties voted on Wednesday to reject Johnson’s proposal to hold an election before Halloween, the night by which he promises to have delivered Brexit. His rivals said they could not trust him not to abuse the power of his office to simply move the election date into November and crash the country out of the European Union while there is no parliament in place to stop him.
He told the House of Commons that he wouldn’t do it. His official spokesman told reporters that he would never consider such a move.