Johnson Upbeat About Brexit, as BFC Lays Out Consequences of No Deal

LONDON — Let’s make a deal. Summer has officially ended here, and as British Members of Parliament prepare to reconvene in Westminster on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked them to work with him — not against him — on getting a better deal out of the European Union ahead of the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. In a last-minute news conference outside 10 Downing Street on Monday evening, Johnson made a brief, barnstorming speech, laying out his plans for lavish spending on education, policing, hospitals and infrastructure, and reiterated his campaign promise of taking Britain out of the U.K. by the Oct. 31 deadline “no ifs, ands or buts.” “Over the last few weeks the chances of a deal with the European Union have been rising,” said Johnson, who has been looking to improve upon his predecessor Theresa May’s unsuccessful Brexit deal. “They can see that we want to leave with a deal, and they can also see that we will leave, come what may.” Johnson appealed to MPs ahead of a vote in Parliament on Tuesday aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit, and delaying the deadline by a further three months. Johnson said that no matter what happens this week, or in the

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