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UK PM Boris Johnson brushes away EU criticism of Brexit plan

01 October 2019 15:30 (UTC +04:00)

Boris Johnson brushed away criticism of leaked plans to manage the Irish border after Brexit, APA reports citing Sputnik.

"As far as I can make out from what I've seen from the response from Brussels and I think Dublin, they're not talking about the proposals that we're actually going to be taking, they're talking about some stuff that went in previously," Johnson said.

Earlier, Britain’s Parliament was suspended for five weeks by the prime minister in a special prorogation order, signed by the Queen as head of state.

The PM claimed in August that he intended to prorogue Parliament for five weeks, from September until 14 October, for a Queen's Speech to outline the new government's agenda.

However, the UK Supreme Court ruled Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament until 14 October "unlawful".

Brexit has been postponed several times amid the country's failure to internally negotiate the divorce terms and is now scheduled to take place on October 31. Johnson is currently confronted by strong opposition at home over his overt determination to pull the United Kingdom out of the bloc by the deadline, even if that meant doing so without a deal.