Resistance to a no-deal Brexit does not sit well with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is reportedly hinting at ignoring recently passed legislation on talks about a British exit from the European Union.
Refusing to enact the just-passed legislation would be a violation of law, a step Johnson is apparently willing to take when asked if he would obey the law requiring the U.K. to ask Brussels for a three-month extension.
"I will not," Johnson said, according to the U.K.'s Metro News. "I don't want a delay."
The battle of the law and Johnson's no-deal Brexit hardline stance would then face a potential challenge in the courts, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said Saturday.
"This is about Parliament versus the people; Boris Johnson is on the side of the people, who voted to leave the EU," according to Conservative Party MP Iain Duncan Smith, who suggested Johnson would be a Brexit "martyr" for breaking law on behalf of the public's wishes.
A full withdrawal of the U.K. had been set for Oct. 31, and Johnson had reportedly said he would rather be "dead in a ditch" than delay a Brexit.
"They just passed a law that would force me to beg Brussels for an extension to the Brexit deadline," Johnson said, per Metro News. "This is something I will never do."
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