David Cameron Thinks Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plan Is ‘The Best Thing That Could Possibly Happen’

Speaking to Sky News on Friday, Jolyon Maugham QC summed up the apparent contradiction, saying: “The prime minister’s playing a very odd game. It’s a very difficult game to understand because I think he told the House of Commons yesterday that we would leave come what may on October 31, and I do not understand how that statement can be reconciled with the promises that he’s made to the court today.

“There is no way to square that circle. And he is going to have to come clean either to parliament or the court.”

At the moment, it is not quite clear how Johnson plans to square that circle, fuelling speculation that he had identified a loophole to get around the Benn Act.

He has also declared he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than ask for a delay.

Meanwhile on Twitter, the PM spent Saturday evening taking a swipe at Jeremy Corbyn…