LONDON: Mr Boris Johnson, favourite to be the next British prime minister, on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek to shut Parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed that such a plan could be convenient for him. Sky News reported on...
Mr Boris Johnson, favourite to be the next British prime minister, on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek to shut Parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed that such a plan could be convenient for him.
"I'm not going to comment on our programme," Mr Johnson said, when asked at a hustings event when he would introduce a Queen's Speech.
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