According to the British Sunday Telegraph, Prime Minister Johnson's special adviser hinted that parliamentarians would not be able to pull the government down by a vote of no confidence next month to prevent Britain from leaving Europe without an agreement on October 31.
Dominic Cummings, the prime minister's special adviser, was one of the architects of the 2016 withdrawal movement. The newspaper quoted sources as saying that he told ministers that if he failed in a vote of no confidence in Parliament, Johnson could hold general elections after the October 31 deadline for Britain's exit from Europe.
Johnson vowed to lead Britain out of the EU on October 31, regardless of whether a withdrawal agreement was reached. But his Conservative Party lost a parliamentary seat on Friday, leaving him with only one seat in an effective majority.
Some Conservative MPs have hinted that they will vote against him in order to prevent a non-agreed exit from Europe. The possibility of such a scenario is rising, causing the pound to fall to a 30-month low against the dollar in the past few days.
As the House of Commons will adjourn until September 3, lawmakers will not be able to propose a no-confidence bill against the government before next month.
"(Members of Parliament) are not aware that if there is a no-confidence vote in September or October, we will hold elections after 31 days, and in any case withdraw from Europe," one of the sources interviewed by the Daily Telegraph quoted Cummins as saying.
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