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The PM said last month that he would rather "die in a ditch", as a questions, for a British EU-exit-delay

Boris Johnson sends a letter to the EU question for a Brexit delay, if no Deal is agreed, the of 19. October, according to state documents filed in a Scottish court.

The document has shown how activists sought to force a verdict, the in the at the observance of The Law .

your QC he said contradicted statements made by Mr Johnson in Parliament.

But the Prime Minister said that Britain would still rely on the 31 October, Deal or no Deal ", But no delay".

the talks between the Two Sides to resolve differences over the Irish border again to agree on Monday, with the UK at the insistence of the EU ", With Us together to pace, a "New Deal ".

The so-called Benn's Act, named after Labour MP Hilary Benn , the leader in its place in The Law - demands from the government a request for an extension of the 31. October Brexit deadline, if a Deal is not signed yet, by the Parliament of 19. October.

A senior Downing Street source said: "the government will Act in compliance with Benn, which is imposed only on a very specific, narrow duty to the Parliament the letter with the request for a delay, written by an unknown subset of the MPs and pro-EU activists - and which can be interpreted in different ways.

"But the government is not prevented by The Act of other things that do not cause delay, including communication, private and public.

"people have to wait to see how this is bring into line to. The government is making their true position on the delay is known in Europe, and that the public will be soon. "

an extension of the article 50 Process , The Mechanism of taking the UK out of the EU would have to unanimously by all 27 other EU leaders.

Mr Johnson has said he would rather be dead "in a ditch", than ask for a delay. In a tweet on Friday afternoon, he said: "New Deal or no Deal - But no delay. "

The European Commission explained its position that the UK's proposed " New Deal "had not changed there is no basis for the conclusion of an agreement", after A Day of talks with British officials, But the discussions would continue on Monday.

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the BBC's Political correspondent, Jessica Parker

So it is. In black and white. A company that the Prime Minister accepted, something he never publicly acknowledged.

That, if the Parliament has not yet approved a Deal , or in view of the strong no-Deal - 19. In October, he will send a letter with the request for an extension.

Ministers have previously said that you will be at the Benn, But also "test" it, leading to speculation that they were on the hunt for a loophole.

do not imagine, However, that today the messages from the number 10 has given up on sticking to his 31. October deadline, Deal or no Deal ".

In fact, some suspect that the documents submitted to the Court of Session is simply a possibility, the incentives for the court, of the grant of an order could have handed over The Power of which is write a letter to Someone Else ; a court clerk, or the head of Cabinet.

And in Downing Street is hardly trying to stymie the suspicion that they had Something Else in store.

The question is what?

It is A Question asked by everyone is in Westminster.

The Scottish legal was initiated by action of the businessman Dale Vince , QC Jo Maugham and SNP-MP-Joanna Cherry .

you want the Court of Session, Scotland's highest court, to decide the extent to which Mr Johnson is committed to the Benn Action.

Speaking before the court in Edinburgh, Lord Maugham said: "Our concern has always been that this is a Prime Minister who can be trusted.

"He makes contradictory statements, and we don't trust that he is doing what he said to the court he do. So we want the court to sign orders him to do it, and if not he, then you can do it, then he is the face of personal consequences. "

Steve Baker , Chairman of the European working group of the Brexiteer Conservative MPs, said the government document changed nothing.

"All of this means that the government follow The Law . It does not mean that we extend. It means, we remain in the EU beyond the 31. October. We will be leaving. "

SNP-MP-Joanna Cherry speaks to reporters in front of the Court of Session

But Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said: "Boris has said that we would leave up to 31. October 'do or die'.

"Why did he keep saying things that are true?"

And anti-British EU exit former Tory MP Anna Soubry , leader of The Independent group for change, said: "I just think this is further proof that you can't trust a single word this Prime Minister says. "

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he would not "comment on court cases that are happening in the UK. You play itself out".

He told a press conference in Denmark, the EU would think a request for a further Brexit extension, when Mr asked Johnson, for one, adds: "Certainly an extension would be better than no Deal ".

But he said that many other EU countries would have to approve a "good reason" to further delay to the UK's exit.

He said, reaching his preference was a Deal with the UK by The Summit meeting of European heads of state and government on 17 October, and said he believed that this was possible.

"Our focus is always on offer to the EU Council and I believe that this is possible," he added.

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Source of news: bbc.com