Boris Johnson will ‘dare Queen to sack him’ in bid to deliver Brexit

Boris Johnson will challenge the Queen to sack him rather than resign, if MPs win a vote of no confidence against his government over Brexit.

The prime minister may end up dragging the monarch into a constitutional crisis, in a final act of defiance according to senior aides, the Sunday Times reported.

MPs have sought to block a no-deal Brexit by passing the Benn Act, a piece of legislation which will require Mr Johnson to ask for an extension to negotiations if a deal cannot be reached by October 19.

They have also looked into the possibility of installing a caretaker prime minister in a ‘government of national unity’ if they win a vote of confidence, in a bid to topple Mr Johnson.

Commons speaker Mr John Bercow has been mooted as a potential figure to head up a temporary government.

However, Mr Johnson is reported to be willing to squat in Downing Street to fulfil his promise of getting Brexit done by October 31, deal or no deal.

A senior source told the Sunday Times: ‘Unless the police turn up at the doors of 10 Downing Street with a warrant for the prime minister’s arrest, he won’t be leaving.’

The Queen, who has worked so hard to distance herself from frontline politics, was pictured looking glum while attending a church service in Balmoral, Scotland.

It comes as ministers continued to insist that Mr Johnson would comply with the Benn Act, while at the same time continuing to claim that Britain will leave the EU on October 31.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick told Sky’s Ridge on Sunday that the government would ‘do all it could to comply with the law’.

Yet he also insisted that the government would do ‘everything in its power’ to deliver Brexit by the October 31 deadline.

Meanwhile, opposition parties remain divided over who should lead any future national unity government, with shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti opposing the move to install Mr Bercow, and calling for Jeremy Corbyn to be put in place instead.

The prime minister has also warned that Britain could cause a major headache to the EU, by vetoing it’s seven-year budget if a deal cannot be agreed later this month.