Reports are emerging of a previously unthought-of secret weapon for Boris Johnson. On Friday morning footage of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Ambassador Kristof Szalay-Bobrovniczk appeared to show them leaving the Cabinet Office. It is being reported that the video was taken at the same time as Boris Johnson held an “emergency” Cabinet meeting. The footage has served to whip up a feeling that Hungary could be about to veto Mr Johnson’s Brexit extension request.
Many on the remain side have recognised this possibility. Femi Oluwole tweeted: “Keep an eye on Hungary. The fact that Boris Johnson is saying he’ll ask for #BrexitExtension soon after meeting with one of the countries most likely to want to veto the extension request… concerns me…”.
Jolyon Maugham QC posted on social media “There is, so far as I can see, still one, and only one, way through for the Government to 31 October. If they can cause an r27 to veto the extension the statements to the court are fine and the PM gets to deliver his promise.” However, it was added “If (as I now expect) the Court orders that the PM does not frustrate or thwart the terms of the Benn Act in the terms we have sought then (I believe) the Government is screwed. We will not be able to make good on whatever we might have promised eg Hungary and they will know it.”
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On Thursday evening the Hungarian Foreign Minister told Newsnight “We are really fed up with all those approaches in Europe and in the world when some countries think that it’s homework for them to lecture others. And to tell others how they should accommodate their life and tell others how they should debate and again we don’t want to be ridiculous either”. Should Hungary decide to veto Britain’s article 50 extension request the matter is likely to end back in the British courts once more. The question then will be, will the unelected judges singlehandedly conspire to keep Britain in the European Union past October 31st.
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Current Affairs Correspondent | My name is Oliver Down I am 22, and a staunch brexiteer. I am a Bristolian lad who studied politics in Leicester. I believe in free speech and accurate journalism and I won’t be afraid to give you “the other side” of the story!
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