Further comments by Johnson in parliament
When asked about the odds of him becoming prime minister, this was what Johnson had to say back in the day:
That's about all you need to know. My thoughts from earlier in the week:
Otherwise, we are likely to see the can kicked down the road again and I firmly believe that at the end of the day, both sides will fall back on some technicality to sell a compromise.A skinny deal excluding the three key outstanding issues (instead postponing them) will allow Boris Johnson to "technically" stick with a Brexit on 1 January 2021 while the EU doesn't have to move its red lines and be made to look worse off from any deal.