UK could unilaterally exit EU in next 10 days, senior Tory MP says

Tom Tugendhat suggests Britain could withdraw by 24 August but No 10 says idea not under consideration. A senior Conservative MP has raised the idea that Boris Johnson could unilaterally withdraw the UK from the European Union in the next 10 days to try to avoid attempts by parliament to block a no-deal Brexit. Tom Tugendhat, who chairs the Commons foreign affairs committee, put forward a possible chronology of a unilateral withdrawal by 24 August followed by an immediate general election, with