British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday put aside his recent defeats to again call for a general election — insisting he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than ask for another delay for Brexit.

The PM was humiliated Wednesday when 21 rebels from his own party helped support a bill that barred him trying to take the nation out of the EU on Oct. 31 without a deal.

He tried to force a snap election in the hopes of showing he has the support of the nation, just to again lose the vote in Parliament.

After fresh humiliation Thursday with his own brother, Jo Johnson, quitting the cabinet — with the PM admitting they disagreed on Brexit — Boris again pressed for a new election.

“I hate banging on about Brexit and I don’t want an election at all. But frankly I cannot see another way,” Johnson said at a police event in Wakefield.

“I’m going to do everything I possibly can to make sure that this country comes out of the EU on October the 31st,” he said, insisting he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than ask Brussels for another extension.

Claiming that his defeats in Parliament “effectively hand over control to the EU,” he said an election would decide whether he or opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn handles the UK’s exit strategy.

“That really should be a matter for the people of this country to decide,” he said. “I think it’s a no-brainer.

“For me, there can only be one way forward for this country,” he said of his determination to leave on Oct. 31 even without a deal.

“I really don’t see how we can have a situation in which the British ability for negotiation is absolutely torpedoed by Parliament in this way, with powers of the British people handed over to Brussels so that we can be kept incarcerated in the EU without that actually being put to the people in a form of a vote.”

He once again ridiculed Corbyn for not challenging him for power.

“It seems to me to be a breach of his job description — if he’s part of the opposition he should be actively seeking an election,” he said.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it.”

Johnson was repeatedly quizzed about his brother’s resignation.

“Jo doesn’t agree with me about the European Union because, obviously, it’s an issue that divides families and divides everybody,” he conceded. “But I think what Jo would agree is we need to get on and sort this thing out.”