I am no expert on British public opinion, but it is hard for me to imagine that this news is going to help the anti-Johnson forces trying to stymie his plan to follow the dictate of the voters’ referendum and take the UK out of the EU according to their deadline. Via the left-wing Guardian:
Senior MPs opposing a no-deal Brexit sought assurances from the EU that their bid for a three-month delay would be granted, it has emerged.
European leaders were sounded out before MPs, including the “rebel alliance”, passed a bill, which is expected to receive royal assent on Monday, forcing Boris Johnson to ask for an extension. However, those involved said there were no guarantees in a process that was changing by the day.
It comes as the rebels, including former Tories who have been thrown out of the party, prepare for a legal battle in case the prime minister attempts to defy a law forcing him to ask for an extension on 19 October. The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October, but the new law would envisage a Brexit extension until the end of January 2020.That law was supposed to be the knockout blow for Johnson’s effort to follow the voters’ will. But as Mark Hanna notes today on these pages, the bill passed by Parliament is not yet law, and might not ever become a law:.......To Read More....
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