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Boris Johnson has promised to take Britain out of the EU with or without a deal on October 31. However, a secret official memo from the head of the civil service, extracts of which were revealed earlier this year, reportedly warned Johnson of the severe consequences of a no-deal Brexit. The former chief of the civil service Lord Kerslake, has told Business Insider that the advice should now be published in full, as Britain heads towards a no-deal exit from the EU. “It’s for me uncomfortable that senior politicians in the country are privy to the consequences of something so grave that we as the public haven’t seen,” Kerslake told Business Insider.

Boris Johnson urged to release secret official Brexit memo warning ministers about riots, soaring food prices and a deep recession

A Conservative MP has accused Boris Johnson of putting his life at risk because his “tub-thumping populism” over Brexit has triggered death threats against him. In an extraordinary criticism, Dominic Grieve said the prime minister was “behaving like a demagogue” – arguing it led directly to “vile” and menacing messages from members of the public. The former attorney general spoke out after Mr Johnson claimed that MPs fighting a no-deal Brexit had joined in “a terrible collaboration” with Brussels to keep the UK in the EU. “The rhetoric leads straightforwardly to the death threats which I receive,” Mr Grieve warned. “And this seems to me that the language he’s using is not that of what I would expect of a Conservative prime minister.

 Tory MP accuses Boris Johnson of causing death threats against him in damning condemnation of ‘demagogue’ prime minister | The Independent

 The public decisively rejects Boris Johnson’s threat to crash the UK out of the EU without a deal, undermining his claim to have a mandate for the dramatic step, an exclusive poll for The Independent shows. Only 34 per cent of voters want the prime minister to carry out a no-deal Brexit on 31 October if necessary – while 49 per cent urge him to either delay, cancel Brexit altogether, or stage a fresh referendum.

 Brexit: Voters reject Boris Johnson’s plan to crash out of EU with no deal, exclusive poll finds