MPs seek way to make Boris Johnson request Brexit extension earlier

Lib Dem leader says party looking at ways to make PM go to Brussels before 19 October. Opposition MPs are discussing plans to force Boris Johnson to request a Brexit extension earlier than the current 19 October deadline. MPs returned to Westminster on Wednesday after the government’s suspension of parliament was declared unlawful. The Liberal Democrat leader, Jo Swinson, said her party was looking at ways of legislating in parliament to remove the threat of no deal more quickly than the d