Johnson declines comment on no-deal Brexit

By Alistair Smout and Kate Holton
Updated July 18 2019 - 8:13am, first published 8:08am
Boris Johnson refuses to say if he would seek to shut parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit.
Boris Johnson refuses to say if he would seek to shut parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit.

Boris Johnson, the favourite to be the next British prime minister, has refused to say whether he would seek to shut parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed such a plan could be convenient for him.