Boris Johnson sends unsigned request to Brussels for Brexit delay

The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, at the EU summit on Friday. Photograph: Isopix/REX/ShutterstockBoris Johnson has sent a letter to European council president Donald Tusk requesting a further Brexit delay beyond 31 October.Despite the prime minister’s insistence that he would not “negotiate” a further extension of the UK’s membership of the EU, he confirmed on Saturday evening that he had sought such a prolongation.Shortly af