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		</div><p>The final five candidates vying to be the next British Prime Minister are taking part in a BBC debate this evening.</p>
<p>From the outset, the Tory rivals clashed on Brexit, with Boris Johnson saying the UK &#8220;must come out&#8221; of the European Union on October 31.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Otherwise, I&#8217;m afraid, we face a catastrophic loss of confidence in politics,&#8221;</em> he warned.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have already kicked the can down the road twice and I think the British people are getting thoroughly fed up.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mr Johnson added: <em>&#8220;Unless we get out on October 31, I think that we will all start to pay a really serious price.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Both Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove said a delay beyond October 31 may be necessary if a deal was within reach.</p>
<p>Foreign Secretary Mr Hunt said he would walk away without a deal if there was no prospect of agreement by October 31. But &#8220;if we were nearly there, then I would take a bit longer&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Gove said he would be prepared to allow &#8220;extra time&#8221; if a deal was close. He said he was &#8220;upset&#8221; and &#8220;angry&#8221; that Brexit had not yet happened.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Because I started this, I will finish it,&#8221;</em> the prominent Brexit-backer said.</p>
<p>Home Secretary Sajid Javid said it was &#8220;fundamental&#8221; to get out of the EU by October 31 and honour the result of the referendum.</p>
<p>On the BBC debate, he said: <em>&#8220;We have failed to act on those instructions and it is fundamental that it has to be by October 31.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>He told Mr Gove and Mr Hunt: <em>&#8220;We have got to learn from our mistakes. One of the mistakes we have made so far is by having this flexible deadline.</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have a deadline, you don&#8217;t concentrate minds, and that also includes the minds of our European friends.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Rory Stewart said it would not be possible to negotiate a new deal by October 31, leaving the existing Withdrawal Agreement as the only way out of the EU.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;I would say to all these people on the platform who voted for the deal: take the shock of the European election, let&#8217;s get on with it, let&#8217;s vote it through, let&#8217;s get it done.&#8221;</em></p>
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