London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash from furious lawmakers on Thursday over his use of charged and confrontational language in Parliament about opponents of his Brexit plan. Johnson went on the offensive when MPs returned to work on Wednesday following a Supreme Court ruling calling the chamber's suspension in the run-up to Brexit unlawful. He refused to apologise and repeatedly slammed parliament for passing a "surrender act" and a "humiliation bill" requiring him to seek a Brexit delay past the October 31 deadline if he fails to reach an exit agreement with the EU.

Johnson also brushed off concerns that his forceful language might endanger legislators as "humbug." But the real uproar came when he said the best way to honour Jo Cox — an anti-Brexit Labour MP murdered by a Nazi sympathiser during the 2016 EU referendum campaign — "would be, I think, to get Brexit done".