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Varadkar demands Boris present new Brexit plan next week or face no deal on October 31

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The Fine Gael leader demanded Mr Johnson send detailed written proposals within 10 days to Brussels or “it’s very hard to see how we could agree something” at the next EU summit in October. He said the current deal should not be “amended or cobbled together late at night” when EU leaders gather for a crunch Brexit summit on October 17. The leader for the Republic of Ireland added: “It’s essentially the way the EU works.

“If the UK does have meaningful proposals we really need to see them in advance so they can be worked through and worked up in advance of the summit.”

Mr Johnson said previously he is targeting the gathering next month in order to use it as an opportunity to strike a last-minute deal with the bloc.

Mr Varadkar’s remarks could work in Mr Johnson’s favour as the Tory Party conference ends on Wednesday next week.

This means he will have the chance to present his proposal to his colleagues and gather up enough support before meeting the EU.

Though this afternoon, in a punishing blow to the Prime Minister, opposition MPs voted against giving the Conservative Party any time off for the conference.

The move could see Mr Johnson prorogue Parliament again despite backlash for shutting down Parliament recently.

He has already hinted at getting the Queen’s authorisation for a second attempt.

Parliament was recalled yesterday after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament broke the law.

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The Prime Minister seems unfazed by the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling, and he still intends to press on with his Brexit agenda.

Speaking in the Commons yesterday, he said: “The court was wrong to pronounce on what was essentially a political question at a time of great national controversy.”

Mr Johnson reiterated his stance in an interview with ITV’s Robert Peston last night.

He said: “I think the public should see what we want to do and I think it’s a great shame that the opposition are sort of gridlocked.

“They don’t want either to have an election. They don’t want Brexit to get done. They don’t seem to want anything.

“So my urging them would be: If you seriously don’t want to have an election, then let’s get on with a strong domestic agenda of the kind we have.”

He also repeated his commitment to taking the UK out of the European Union on October 31.

Mr Johnson said the “timetable is very tight” to win a deal and says it is not made easier by “Parliament passing stuff that tries to take no deal off the table”.

The law, dubbed the Surrender Act by Brexiteers, requires the Prime Minister to seek an extension if he cannot reach a deal with the EU.

Speaking of the Supreme Court’s ruling, Mr Johnson said he believed it was “wrong”.

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