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British PM Johnson urges MPs to back October 31 Brexit to honor referendum result | British PM Johnson urges MPs to back October 31 Brexit to honor referendum result |
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged members of parliament to support an October 31 Brexit, saying they had promised to honor the 2016 referendum result. | |
“I think that MPs should get on and deliver on what they have promised over and over and over again to the people of this country: they will deliver on the mandate of 2016 and leave the EU on October 31,” Johnson told reporters on Thursday. | “I think that MPs should get on and deliver on what they have promised over and over and over again to the people of this country: they will deliver on the mandate of 2016 and leave the EU on October 31,” Johnson told reporters on Thursday. |
The prime minister was asked about the prospect of losing a confidence vote in parliament and whether he would then delay an election until after Brexit, according to Reuters. | The prime minister was asked about the prospect of losing a confidence vote in parliament and whether he would then delay an election until after Brexit, according to Reuters. |
“We are going to leave the EU on October 31, which is what the people of this country voted for,” he said. | “We are going to leave the EU on October 31, which is what the people of this country voted for,” he said. |
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