Boris Johnson’s Foes May Try to Get the Queen to Fire Him

  • MPs plan to ask Queen Elizabeth II to fire Johnson in a day
  • Opposition parties are meeting in London to plan tactics
Grieve says a government of national unity wouldn’t work with Corbyn as prime minister.Source: Bloomberg
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Politicians determined to stop Boris Johnson leaving the European Union without a deal are trying to work out how to force the prime minister from office.

They have hit upon an arcane constitutional trick that relies on Queen Elizabeth II to fire him, according to a person familiar with the matter.