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No-deal Brexit 'legally possible even after no-confidence vote'
Boris Johnson could simply ignore a parliamentary vote of no confidence and proceed with a no-deal Brexit followed by an election, unless MPs can form an alternative government in 14 days, a former senior judge has said. Lord Jonathan Sumption, a former supreme court judge, said Johnson would be entitled to stay on as the prime minister even if he lost a confidence vote. Under the law, MPs would have two weeks to create an alternative government before an election was automatically triggered. MPs can still thwart Boris Johnson over no deal. Here’s how Vernon Bogdanor Read more In those circumstances, the prime ... (full story)
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