Rory Stewart vows to ‘bring down’ Tory leadership rival Boris Johnson over no-deal Brexit threat
13/06/2019
The Tory leadership candidate said MPs would set up parliament outside the Palace of Westminster if the frontrunner for PM tried to lock them out. / Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart has said he will “bring down” front-runner Boris Johnson as prime minister if he tries to suspend parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit.
Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke’s customs union plan is expected to be voted on.
Britain has received demands to roll back its human rights standards in exchange for progress on post-Brexit trade deals, including from some countries that ministers are pushing to secure agreements with.