Boris Johnson claims he will break out of the European Unions manacles like The Incredible Hulk if he cant get a deal with EU leaders by the end of October.
The Prime Minister has again suggested he will ignore the law designed to block no-deal in order to leave on 31 October.
In an interview with the Mail On Sunday the PM – who will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Luxembourg in the coming week – likened Britain to the fictional scientist Bruce Banner, who transforms into the monstrous green Hulk when he is angry in the Marvel superhero comics and movies.
He said: Banner might be bound in manacles, but when provoked he would explode out of them.
Hulk always escaped, no matter how tightly bound in he seemed to be – and that is the case for this country.
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We will come out on 31 October and we will get it done.
Mr Johnson claimed a huge amount of progress is being made on Brexit and told the paper: I will be talking to Jean-Claude about how were going to do it. Im very confident.
When I got this job everybody was saying there can be absolutely no change to the Withdrawal Agreement, the backstop was immutable, the arrangements by which the UK was kept locked in to the EU forever, they said no-one could change that.
They have already moved off that and, as you know, theres a very, very good conversation going on about how to address the issues of the Northern Irish border. A huge amount of progress is being made.
Escargot, salmon and fromage will be on the menu when Mr Johnson and Mr Juncker meet for lunch on Monday.
The PM, accompanied by Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay and Number 10s Brexit negotiator David Frost, will also meet the EUs chief negotiator Michel Barnier during the Luxembourg visit.
Despite the Mr Johnsons optimism, Downing Street warned that Mondays meetings will not be a big breakthrough moment in the Governments bid to strike a deal with Brussels.
Ahead of the trip, the PM took another swipe at his opposition rival Labour leader Jeremy Corybyn, sayiRead More – Source
