MONDAY 19 AUGUST 2019

What if the opponents of a no-

deal Brexit fail to agree on an

alternative PM?

In the frame: Harriet Harman, Jeremy Corbyn and Kenneth Clarke (PA/Getty)

JOHN RENTOUL

A majority of the House of Commons is opposed to Britain leaving the EU without agreement. All the
opposition parties are against it, with the exception of Labour’s Sarah Champion, Caroline Flint, Kate Hoey
and Graham Stringer, and at least 65 Conservative MPs have said they want to avoid a no-deal exit.

But how many of them are prepared to go to the extreme length of deposing Boris Johnson and replacing
him with a temporary prime minister to prevent what they regard as a bad outcome?

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