PM says Labour rejection of election could delay Brexit until next year

Boris Johnson gestures during prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, 23 October 2019.Photograph: Jessica Taylor/AFP via Getty ImagesBoris Johnson has said that Brexit might not happen until well into next year as Labour look set to reject his call for a general election before Christmas.The prime minister – who has effectively accepted that he will fail to honour his “do or die” promise to take the UK out of the EU on Thursday – said he now feared parli