O/T Democracy

[KerrAvon]

No deal is not unlawful animal because those clever labour and other scumbags have failed to put in the bill that the existing depart date of oct 31 has to be amended! Oh dear how silly of them. ****ers.

The UK Parliament can't unlaterally amend the departure date. The EU has a say.

No Deal is not and never has been unlawful. It is and will remain the default position. Johnson is required to ask for an extension and that is all. The terms in which he does that are for him alone to determine. I would imagine that he will say that he is required to ask for an extension by a Parliament that has been unwilling to accept the deal on offer or no deal and that it is unclear what the requested extension is supposed to achieve other than prolonging the uncertainty for all parties. That's what I would do - tell it as it is and leave the rest to Macron.

Still hot here, but decent sailing.

[BigLadonOS]

The UK Parliament can't unlaterally amend the departure date. The EU has a say.

No Deal is not and never has been unlawful. It is and will remain the default position.

This is of course true because you cannot supersede one law over another unless you first quash the original law which this bill fails to do.

If Boris also refuses to appoint a commissioner they would not be able to agree to it anyway because it will be a new session and without a commissioner from the UK the council would not be able to pass anything that needs the full cooperation of all 28 countries as this extension request requires.