PM Johnson says no to election pact with Brexit Party

[webfact]

PM Johnson says no to election pact with Brexit Party

 

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends a roundtable at Downing Street in London, Britain, September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday his governing Conservative Party would not agree an election pact with Nigel Farage's Brexit Party, which has offered a deal if Johnson agrees to a clean break from the European Union.

 

With parliament deadlocked and divided over the terms of Britain's exit from the bloc, a general election is widely expected to take place within the coming months, although the timing of it is uncertain.

 

Farage, one of the main forces behind the campaign for Brexit for many years but also usually a vitriolic critic of the Conservatives, has offered Johnson an electoral pact to ensure Brexiteers remain in power to deliver the divorce come what may.

 

"The Conservative Party is the oldest, most successful political party in the world and we will be contesting the next election ... as Conservatives and not in an alliance, or a pact ... ," Johnson said during a visit to New York for the UN General Assembly.

 

Farage has proposed not standing against Conservative candidates in return for having a free run in 80 to 90 parliamentary seats in Wales, the Midlands and the North East of England, where his party hopes to beat the opposition Labour Party.

 

Johnson, who has lost his working majority in the House of Commons, said "of course" when asked whether the Conservatives would contest every seat in an election.

 

Johnson, who has lost his working majority in the House of Commons, wants to hold an election but parliament has ordered him to ask the EU to delay Brexit until 2020 unless he can strike a transition deal at an EU summit on Oct. 17-18.

 

Having vowed to take Britain out of the European Union at the end of October with or without an exit deal, Johnson has twice tried and failed to break the logjam by getting parliament's approval to hold an early election.

 

Opposition lawmakers do not want to agree to an election until they are sure the possibility of Britain leaving without an agreement has been eliminated.

 

Earlier this month parliament passed a law which requires Johnson to delay Brexit if he does not reach a deal with the EU's 27 other members, but he has said he will not ask for an extension.

 

If Johnson is thwarted in his attempt to deliver Brexit by the end of October, Brexit-supporting voters could abandon his party for Farage's party, which rode a wave of anger over the delay to Brexit to win May's European elections in Britain.

 

(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; editing by Estelle Shirbon, William Maclean)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-09-24

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[edwinchester]

Of course Boris Johnson is not going to agree a clean break Brexit deal with Farage. He may be a craven opportunist but he's not so stupid and knows that a no deal Brexit will cause immense damage to the UK economy and is something to be avoided if at all possible.

[tomacht8]

If the EU causes Farage so much headache and abdominal pain, and everything is bad. Why does he not give up his seat and salary in the EU parliament? So he is just a distracting troublemaker. 

He lets himself be selected into an organization with the sole aim of destroying this organisation. 

Apart from personal insults towards all EU parlament members, he does not bring anything in terms of content. 

 

And there the Brexiteers say the EU is undemocratic. Normally, you would have to throw him out of the Parliament, because of nasty behavior.

He fits better in pubs instead in a parliament where respectful behavior is necessary.

 

[Jonnapat]

He was almost certainly going to make a right decision at some time even though it's taken rather a long while getting there. 

[Bluespunk]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Johnson, who has lost his working majority in the House of Commons, said "of course" when asked whether the Conservatives would contest every seat in an election.

Just lost ruling in Supreme Court as well. 

[IssanMichael]

8 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Of course Boris Johnson is not going to agree a clean break Brexit deal with Farage. He may be a craven opportunist but he's not so stupid and knows that a no deal Brexit will cause immense damage to the UK economy and is something to be avoided if at all possible.

Do you have more detail as to the damage?

[welovesundaysatspace]

57 minutes ago, IssanMichael said:

Do you have more detail as to the damage?

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831199/20190802_Latest_Yellowhammer_Planning_assumptions_CDL.pdf

[Srikcir]

Getting more interesting.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimous against Johnson.

• The court can rule on the issue
• His order to suspend Parliament was unlawful
• He lied to the Queen.

https://www.ft.com/content/cff54a8a-deb4-11e9-b112-9624ec9edc59 (in part)

[sawadee1947]

Since when BJ has something to say??? Unless he will confirm to resign.... ????????

[beautifulthailand99]

22 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

Since when BJ has something to say??? Unless he will confirm to resign.... ????????

with all this going on there is a strong case to answer over major irregularities with the blonde model and government monies when he was mayor. This may or may not be the woman who rumour has it is with child that is a story allegedly waiting to explode. This sad case of a man isn't fit for anything other than glib chit-chat on inconsequential comedy shows and if the tory party has any sense and/or mortals they will give him the almighty boot. And if the money issues can be proved then like other Mp's on the fiddle before he should spend time at her majesty's leisure. He is a disgrace to his family and numerous floozies , a disgrace to his  party and in disgrace to the country - in the Name of God Man GO !

 

Men and women of great knowledge and honour - I salute their indefatigability. 

 

 

 

[nauseus]

Nice pair of tyres.

[mlmcleod]

17 hours ago, Srikcir said:

He lied to the Queen.

Guess that will fry his potatoes! 55555

[mfd101]

Rome fiddles while emperor burns.

[SheungWan]

I wouldn't take anything Boris Johnson says as reliable. First follow what he does and right now its all about the October 31 deadline. Electoral pacts with a party that doesn't have a single MP is hardly a priority, plus the timing of an election is hardly within the sole hands of Boris. So for Farage its shouting from the sidelines for now.

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[kingdong]

Pride comes before a fall,it was farage  who bought down cameron,it could be you next,then your party.

[kingdong]

2 hours ago, SheungWan said:

I wouldn't take anything Boris Johnson says as reliable. First follow what he does and right now its all about the October 31 deadline. Electoral pacts with a party that doesn't have a single MP is hardly a priority, plus the timing of an election is hardly within the sole hands of Boris. So for Farage its shouting from the sidelines for now.

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farage could steal a lot of conservative votes,not enough to win but enough to stop conservative winning,seems like we,'re heading for a future of coalition governments all down to a remain camp that wouldn,t recognise democracy,well done,problem with that will be soon the ponces and the dossers out number the rest of the population ????

[Loiner]

farage could steal a lot of conservative votes,not enough to win but enough to stop conservative winning,seems like we,'re heading for a future of coalition governments all down to a remain camp that wouldn,t recognise democracy,well done,problem with that will be soon the ponces and the dossers out number the rest of the population [emoji23]

Boris doesn’t need to make a pact with Nigel Farage, it will happen anyway. At the next GE all The Brexit Party has to do is target LAB constituencies with a turncoat Remainer MP and they will gain the seat.
Nigel Farage will have so many seats that Boris will have to do a deal with him and the Brexit Party will hold the balance of power in the Commons.

[Srikcir]

On 9/24/2019 at 7:21 AM, webfact said:

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Curious name.

His real full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. But he uses "Al" with his family.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1140515/boris-johnson-real-name-what-is-boris-johnsons-real-name-full-name

I understand that his other nickname is "BoJo."

So close to "Bozo" (an American clown).