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Boris sends three letters to the EU – and says he does NOT want a Brexit extension

20 October 2019

8:12 AM

20 October 2019

8:12 AM

The Prime Minister will today send, but not sign, a letter requesting a Brexit delay till January 31 2020, and will simultaneously tell EU leaders that Parliament wants the delay, not him or his government. This will put him in all-out conflict with MPs, who have ordered him to ask EU leaders for a three-month Brexit delay, under the terms of the Benn Act they forced on him.

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