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MPs, including Tories expelled from the party, are preparing legal action in case the PM refuses to seek a delay to Brexit.
A bill requiring Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to the UK's departure date to avoid a no-deal Brexit on 31 October is set to gain royal assent.
But the PM has said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than ask for a delay.
Now MPs have lined up a legal team and are willing to go to court to enforce the legislation, if necessary.
The cross-party bill - which requires the prime minister to extend the exit deadline until January unless Parliament agrees a deal with the EU by 19 October - was passed on Friday.
Although the government has said it will abide by the law, Mr Johnson described it as obliging him "in theory" to write to Brussels asking for a "pointless delay". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49618242
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I'm wondering if and when somebody will grow a pair and suggest revoking Article 50
