Boris Johnson could go to prison if he ignores a bill requiring him to request a Brexit delay
, according to a former director of public prosecutions.on Saturday that the prime minister could face serious consequences if he refuses to ask Brussels for a Brexit extension. A court, Macdonald said, would order that "the law should be followed."
"A refusal in the face of that would amount to contempt of court," which could"find that person in prison," he said.passed all its stages in parliamentIt forces Johnson to request an extension to the Article 50 process if he has failed to clinch a Brexit deal by October 19 — the day after the next European Council summit.
The prime minister has vowed to take the U.K. out of the EU, come what may, by the current deadline of October 31, and said he would rather be"
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