British politicians are preparing legal action in case Boris Johnson tries to defy legislation compelling him to seek a further delay to Brexit, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.
The new prime minister vows to take Britain out of the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal with the bloc. It quoted Ken MacDonald, DPP in 2003-2008, as saying that legal action would result in a court ordering that the law should be followed: "A refusal in the face of that would amount to contempt of court, which could find that person in prison."
David Lidington, who was deputy prime minister under Mrs May, said that obeying the rule of law was a fundamental principle of the ministerial code.Mr Lidington resigned just before Mr Johnson took office.