Johnson to make second attempt to force election

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to ramp up the pressure on MPs to back a snap general election or face five weeks of watching the Brexit negotiations from the sidelines.

The Conservative Party leader will fly to Ireland to meet Taoiseach this morning but his counterpart poured cold water on suggestions of a breakthrough on the stalemate over a solution to the backstop. On Sunday, Mr Johnson bunkered down in Chevening, the Foreign Secretary's country residence, with his closest aides, understood to have included chief strategist Dominic Cummings, where he is understood to have war-gamed how the crucial week ahead could pan out.

Mr Raab said it was "ridiculous" to suggest Mr Johnson would break the law but hinted that there was no guarantee, should Mr Johnson oblige and write to the EU requesting an extension to the talks, that it would be granted. To call a general election early using the Fixed-Term Parliament Act , two-thirds of MPs would have to agree.

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