With 78 days to Brexit, British parliament ready to take on PM

The British parliament is set for a September showdown between Prime Minister Boris Johnson's "do or die" pro-Brexit government and those implacably opposed to leaving the European Union without a divorce deal.On Wednesday, former finance minister Philip Hammond accused Johnson of deliberately wrecking negotiations and saying parliament has the power to block a no-deal exit."There is no popular mandate for a no-deal Brexit and no parliamentary mandate for one either," he wrote in the Times.