Political Turmoil in UK as Boris Johnson Struggles to Deliver Brexit

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poised to unveil his Brexit plans for a new deal, with the EU expected to bypass the contentious Irish backstop issue after leaked proposals heightened concerns over a return to a hard border. The premier dismissed the fears, promising a “very good” Brexit plan.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made no secret of his “do or die” pledge to take his country out of the EU by 31 October with or without a deal, in defiance of the recently adopted anti-No Deal legislation demanding he seek an extension to the Brexit process by 19 October unless he succeeds in brokering a new agreement with Brussels.

As tempers on both sides of the Brexit debate have become "inflamed", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stuck to his “do or die” pledge to leave the EU by 31 October with or without a deal, while the opposition alliance is reportedly studying “every mechanism and additional legal safeguard against a no-deal”.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of dangerously inflaming political tensions and blasted for his use of language that his opponents claim could “incite violence” against them, as he still hopes to press ahead with securing a Brexit deal before the 17 October European Council crunch summit against the backdrop of political turmoil.

Earlier on Tuesday, the UK's Supreme Court ruled that Prime Minister Johnson's decision to prorogue Parliament was unlawful, and accordingly, the suspension is "void and of no effect," with the PM responding to the news by saying that he respected the ruling but disagreed with it.

Boris Johnson’s meetings with Jean Claude Juncker and Xavier Bettel were interrupted by chants and heckles as the prime minister seeks to negotiate a new divorce deal with just six weeks to go until the Brexit deadline.

Amid Brexit chaos, the British Parliament was prorogued on 10 September, after Boris Johnson's bid to hold early parliamentary elections was rejected. Earlier, royal assent was given to a bill blocking a no-deal Brexit

Johnson has famously declared he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than ask for another Brexit delay, but a newly-adopted law obliges him to request yet another extension. The prime minister is set to talk to the EU’s chief negotiators about the issue of the Irish backstop, which has been at the core of Brexit turmoil for the past year.

Former prime minister David Cameron was interviewed by The Times ahead of the publication of his book of memoirs, “For The Record”, which launches next week; he opened up about the fallout of the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the EU.

The backstop clause issue has been a key stumbling block in London's path to delivering Brexit, as the clause originally designed to prevent the establishment of a hard border in Ireland is feared to be used to keep the UK in the European Union indefinitely.

The three joint legal challenges submitted to the Belfast High Court claimed that a no-deal Brexit would scupper the UK-Irish border peace agreements.

The news comes after the British PM had been offered non-aggression pact by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage in exchange for backing a no-deal scenario and Tories standing aside in over 80 seats.

Work and pensions secretary Amber Rudd quit the cabinet and resigned Saturday, following in the footsteps of the prime minister’s brother, Jo Johnson, who resigned last week after 21 rebels departed from the Conservative party after supporting what Downing Street calls “Jeremy Corbyn’s surrender bill”.

The upper chamber of the UK parliament, the House of Lords, on Friday approved a bill that would force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union for a Brexit deadline delay. Anshu Srivastava, a member of The Full Brexit group, has weighed up the UK government's options to break the Brexit deadlock.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has voiced his opinion on the idea of an electoral pact with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, telling the BBC this week that “if you put the support of Boris Johnson Conservatives and the Brexit Party together, the truth is, in a general election with a clear policy, we would be unstoppable.”

It's been a rollercoaster of a week for the British prime minister, following what was largely a successful August seeing a 10-point boost in the polls for the Conservative Party, the promise of wiggle room on the Withdrawal Agreement by EU leaders, and a trade deal assurance from US president Donald Trump.

Organised by the activist group ‘All Under One Banner’ Scottish nationalists from across the nation gathered in Perth on Saturday to march and promote the case for an independent Scotland in a city that voted to remain in the UK back in 2014.

Britain is a country that has long prided itself on the ages old separation of church and state. Yet, protectors of that convention were likely left slightly alarmed this week after senior Tory cabinet member Michael Gove seemed to suggest that Brexit was a process at the mercy of divine intervention.

Mr Soames’ comments come on the heels of the veteran MP being kicked out of the Conservative party this week for supporting a bill that aims to see the Brexit deadline extended from October 31st until the year 2020.

On Friday, UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would use his "powers of persuasion" to win a new Brexit deal at the 17 October EU summit. His announcement came after Labour and other opposition parties had agreed not to support Johnson's demand for a general election before the summit.