Boris risks jail stint

Johnson says he will refuse to beg for more time for Brexit

BORIS Johnson, who has been warned he could face jail over his Brexit stance, has lost another key minister.

Amber Rudd resigned from her roles as Work and Pensions Secretary and Minister for Women in a tweet posted yesterday.

“I no longer believe leaving with a deal is the government’s main objective,” she said.

Ms Rudd also hit out at the treatment of her colleagues, who were booted from the party for going against the Prime Minister’s no-deal preparations.

“I must also address the assault on decency and democracy that took place last week when you sacked 21 talented, loyal One Nation Conservatives,” she wrote in her resignation letter to Mr Johnson.

Her resignation follows that of Boris Johnson’s brother Jo Johnson, who walked away from the front bench earlier in the week.

Boris Johnson has told colleagues he will refuse to beg for more time from the European Union for Brexit, despite being compelled under a law due to be signed off by the Queen today.

He can either resign as prime minister and force extreme-Left Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to try to form a government, or simply ignore the legislation.

Mr Johnson has told his MPs in a letter that asking for more time from Brussels, with a new suggested January 31 deadline, was something he would not do.

The Brexit chaos is likely to get worse this week, with parliament due to vote today over a snap election.

Mr Johnson has been warned he could face jail if he pushed on with a no-deal Brexit despite the new law demanding he write the EU a grovelling letter asking for more time by October 19.

Director of Public Prosecutions Lord MacDonald told Sky News: “It is by convention that if you are found guilty of defying a court order then you are jailed.”