Nicola Sturgeon ‘disgusted’ after Boris Johnson says Brexit best way to honour murdered Jo Cox

The Prime Minister last night failed in an audacious bid to split the opposition and enlist the SNP to help him secure the general election he desperately needs to deliver Brexit.Mr Johnson appealed to the nationalists, Liberal Democrats and smaller opposition parties to table a vote of no confidence in his government, but was again refused unless the government asks the EU for a delay to Brexit.In some of the angriest scenes witnessed in the House of Commons in recent years, Mr Johnson condemned opposition MPs for their “betrayal” of Brexit voters, and was defiant in the wake of a historic ruling from the Supreme Court that his prorogation of parliament was unlawful, insisting judges were “wrong”.READ MORE: Supreme Court was ‘wrong’ over Parliament suspension, Boris Johnson tells MPsREAD MORE: Attorney General Geoffrey Cox accused of making ‘joke’ about domestic violenceThe Prime Minister was unrepentant after being summoned back to parliament, daring opposition parties to table a motion of no confidence and insisting that they “finally face the day of reckoning with the voters”. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was “disgusted” by Mr Johnson’s conduct at the Commons despatch box, but Tory MPs and their DUP allies gave his statement a sustained round of applause.Opposition parties were offered a window of a few hours last night to table a confidence vote and have it debated on government time today.In an echo of the events of 1979, when the SNP and Liberals supported a motion of no confidence in the Labour government, bringing about an election won by Margaret Thatcher, Mr Johnson asked the Commons if “the smaller parties fancy a go”.Downing Street indicated that in the absence of a confidence vote, it would continue with its plans to leave the EU on 31 October despite legislation requiring a delay, and did not rule out a second prorogation of Parliament to allow a Queen’s Speech.In a furious Commons statement pitting the public against MPs that was repeatedly

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was 'disgusted' by Boris Johnson's conduct at the Commons despatch box. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Boris Johnson was widely condemned for telling MPs they should honour the memory of murdered parliamentarian Jo Cox by delivering Brexit.