According to the Daily Telegraph, BoJo has announced that he will defy Parliament and refuse to negotiate a delay in the October 31 Brexit date. Frankly, I’m not surprised; it is, of course, another attempt to force Labour into agreeing to an early election.
The events of the last few weeks have had a whiff of the Stuart monarchy about them. Proroguing Parliament? Isn’t that something Charles II used to do? Now, with this direct refusal to follow the law, Boris is heading into Charles I territory.
Will he suffer the same fate, in a purely political sense? I’m guessing not. Like Trump, Boris understands his base, and most of the rest of his party is terrified of them.