"I will in no way allow months more of this. If parliament refuses to allow Brexit to happen and instead gets its way and decides to delay everything until January or possibly longer, in no circumstances can the government continue with this. And with great regret, I must say the bill will have to be pulled and we will have to go forward to a general election," he [Johnson]  said.

Ooh, ooh, thrilling stuff.

Except that a general election is out of his hands, so it's pure bluster.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing, nothing you can measure anymore
L. Cohen