By Gordon Brown

JUST as Boris Johnson digs himself further in on his October 31 deadline, rising numbers of British voters are coming out against a no deal as bad for Britain.

Three million men and women who were Leave voters now say no deal is wrong for Britain.

No amount of prime ministerial flying visits to European capitals nor expensive government advertising campaigns can dislodge the growing hostility to us crashing out of Europe in 65 days.

Last week Boris Johnson stage-managed a so-called peoples’ question time with a carefully selected group of British voters and a more carefully chosen set of questions.

But the only real question he has to answer is: What are the consequences for our lives and livelihoods of a no-deal Brexit?

I would ask Mr Johnson to tell us what advice he e has had on the vital medical drugs gs we buy from Europe and name supplies that won’t get through.

I would ask him why the health official who organises life-saving drugs says that even after stockpiling and flying drugs in by air, we face severe shortages immediately after October 31 and serious ones six months after that.

I ask the PM to be honest with us on the impact on jobs, of Channel port hold-ups and motorway pile-ups on the supply of components – from the car industry to pharmaceuticals – and how many small businesses are at risk of going under?

Madness

Pushing British businesses off a cliff is a self-imposed and selfinflicted wound and Boris Johnson cannot dress up this wilful self-harm as a patriotic act.

The threat of no deal to get Europe to the negotiating table is like putting a gun to your own head and saying you’ll shoot yourself if you don’t get your own way.

So it’s time for MPS to do everything in their power to stop us crashing out.

Instead of the silly season madness of self-indulgently nominating each other to a so-called “national unity government” Britain’s opposition parties should this week be talking to European leaders and asking them to be willing to drop the October 31 deadline.

My advice to Jeremy Corbyn, Jo Swinson, Nicola Sturgeon and other opposition leaders is stop wasting time filling government positions that are not vacant.

Instead you should use your efforts to persuade the

Europeans to abandon the Halloween ultimatum.

Blame