if we can't get that deal, we are then still after three years stuck. one of the ways of getting unstuck is to have a general election or to have a second referendum. my view is we shouldn't rule them out. they may be necessary to get us out of the situation but the first priority of prime minister boris johnson, he has my support, is getting a deal in brussels in order for us to leave as friends, neighbors and partners. >> you say in the book boris johnson didn't really believe in brexit, that he actually adopted this position purely for his political advantage. >> all i explain in the book is when i called around and wanted boris johnson on my side i said to him, you've never previously supported leaving. you've been a euro skeptic. you wanted reform. you think my deal of changes, important though i thought they were, were not enough. that's not a reason for leaving. he made his choice and i talk about that in the book but now he's prime minister, he has this