Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘squat’ in Downing Street crosses the ‘threshold of insanity’

Boris Johnson outside 10 Downing Street, London. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA. - Credit: PA Wire/PA Images

Lord Helsetine has claimed that Boris Johnson has crossed ‘the threshold of insanity’ by vowing to ‘squat’ in Downing Street even if he is unseated by MPs.

According to the Sunday Times, Johnson will dare the Queen to sack him rather than resign as prime minister in an attempt to ensure Brexit happens on October 31st.

It comes after comments from cabinet ministers that senior aides have insisted the prime minister would not stand aside if his proposals were rejected by the EU and MPs tried to unseat the prime minister.

Instead he would “squat” in Downing Street – even if the House of Commons agrees on a replacement for Johnson.

Lord Heseltine said that the prime minister has crossed “the threshold of insanity” with the proposals.

He told LBC: “I stood silent, stupefied, when I saw the headline in the Sunday Times this morning.”

He continued: “What this really means is that No 10, a defeated prime minister, is going to take on the courts, he’s going to take on parliament, he’s going to take on the police, he’s going to defy the constitution and, of course, in the context, he’s going to involve the Queen in a constitutional row. The like of which none of us have ever dreamt of seeing.”

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