Gove Open to Extra EU Divorce Delay, Raab Opposed: Brexit Update

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Britain will have a new prime minister by the end of July, with the first round of voting starting next week. The current favorite, Boris Johnson, says Conservatives have to stop “banging on about Brexit,” and that the party faces extinction if it doesn’t deliver the divorce, but the subject is dominating debates over who should be the next leader.

Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab wouldn’t rule out ending the current parliamentary session, which is known as prorogation, to force through a no-deal Brexit, Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said after a hustings meeting of Tory MPs.