The Observer’s political editor looks at the options for the prime minister, parliament and the British people
Boris Johnson has promised to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October “deal or no deal”, “do or die”. The prime minister says he can strike a different deal from Theresa May’s, which must include scrapping the Northern Ireland backstop. European leaders insist, however, that an entirely new deal is not on offer. So what now?
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