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Boris Johnson, the favourite to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May, has acknowledged that London would need cooperation from the European Union to cushion potential shocks in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n

Johnson has repeatedly insisted Britain should leave the bloc on the current deadline of October 31, even if it means walking away with no deal.<\/p>\n

But avoiding disruption to borders and business would require the EU\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just up to us, it\u2019s up to the other side as well. There\u2019s an element, of course, a very important element, of mutuality and cooperation in this,\u201d he told the BBC in an interview aired on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way to get our friends and partners to understand how serious we are is finally, I\u2019m afraid, to abandon the defeatism and negativity\u2026 and to prepare confidently and seriously for a (World Trade Organisation) or no-deal outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without a Brexit deal between London and Brussels, the UK will default to \u201cthird country\u201d status with the EU, with trade relations run on World Trade Organisation rules.<\/p>\n

Hot favourite Johnson faces foreign minister Jeremy Hunt in a run-off vote to decide who will become the next British leader and take on the task of piloting the country\u2019s departure from the EU.<\/p>\n

The former foreign minister and one-time London mayor have been accused of not having a detailed plan to take Britain out of the European Union.<\/p>\n

Johnson said May\u2019s current EU withdrawal agreement is \u201cdead\u201d after being rejected three times by the British parliament.<\/p>\n

However, he believes there would be enough time to negotiate a new agreement with the EU ahead of the deadline and hoped the bloc would be willing to grant an \u201cimplementation period\u201d.<\/p>\n

If he were to win, he said his government would not impose controls or hard borders between EU member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland \u2014 an issue that has become one of the main sticking points in EU negotiations.<\/p>\n

Johnson has also come under growing pressure following a scandal over an argument with his girlfriend that led to a police visit to their home last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve made it a rule over many, many years\u2026 I do not talk about stuff involving my family, my loved ones,\u201d adding that it would be \u201csimply unfair\u201d to \u201cdrag them into things\u201d, he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Johnson, 55, was involved in a loud altercation early Friday at the home of his 31-year-old girlfriend Carrie Symonds, an incident that has since dominated press headlines.<\/p>\n

Photographs emerged Monday of the couple smiling and holding hands at an undisclosed countryside location said to have been taken on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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