Prime Minister
Boris Johnson pushed
Britain closer to a no-deal exit from the
European Union on Monday, insisting he will not hold
Brexit talks with EU leaders unless the bloc lifts its refusal to reopen the existing divorce deal.
Johnson is trying to pressure the EU to give ground by intensifying preparations for the U.K. to leave the bloc in three months without a deal.
Johnson became prime minister last week after winning a Conservative Party leadership contest by promising the strongly pro-Brexit party membership that the U.K. will leave the EU on the scheduled date of Oct. 31, with or without a divorce deal.