Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Monday there were "no circumstances" in which he would delay Brexit, as his own MPs joined with opposition lawmakers to try to stop him taking Britain out of the European Union next month without a deal. The Conservative leader expressed hope he could get an agreement with Brussels on ending Britain's 46-year-old membership of the EU, but added: "We are leaving on October 31, no ifs or buts."

He was speaking outside Downing Street on the eve of a major showdown with the House of Commons, as a cross-party group of MPs seeks to change the law to potentially delay Brexit until January 31, 2020. The main opposition Labour party, working with rebel Conservative MPs, fear that Johnson's threat to leave the EU without a deal next month could cause huge economic disruption.

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