pass an amendment on any piece of legislation

which requires the PM to request an extension from the EU

If there are sufficient votes in the house, Parliament can pass anything it wants.

Executive can then choose to follow it or ignore it, and if it ignores it then the house passes a no conf motion, installs an emergency government which 'does' request the extension, and then dissolves itself into a GE

If the executive tries to ignore parliament we'll have a huge constitutional crisis but, ultimately, Parliament is sovereign and will take matters into its own hands.

Europe will sit on the sidelines rather bemused and will give us whatever extension we ask for

All of this assumes that there are enough Tory MPs willing to make a stand and put country ahead of party (in sufficient numbers to offset brexiteers in Labour)

So it's not guaranteed, but it's feasible and its more likely than a No Deal.

(which is why BoJo will either come up with a Deal or put us to a GE in the hope he can swing enough votes to get a majority on his terms.)

Posted By: CWC on July 24th 2019 at 13:25:26

Message Thread

Each time you wake up to a new Tory prime minister you (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 24, 08:17:53
- get ready for a General Election. He's seen how gullible and easy to bribe the electorate (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Jul 24, 09:00:32
  - I would assume the odds of an election have increased. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jul 24, 09:25:58
    - gotta be a certainty now (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 24, 09:35:53
      - No deal is the default by law right now (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 10:18:38
      - the question is can Parliament force him to ask for an extension. No-deal the default (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Jul 24, 09:51:34
        
        yes it can (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 24, 10:50:05
        
        How? (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Jul 24, 12:20:02
        
        pass an amendment on any piece of legislation (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 24, 13:25:26
        
        You are assuming the EU will grant extension. Really bad assumption to make (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 13:45:08
        
        Can force him to ask. Can't force the EU to accept (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 11:02:34
        
        no shit (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 24, 11:53:41
        
        Wouldn't be so sure. Made it clear any extension must have credible reason (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 13:43:58
        
        that's because you are an idiot then (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 24, 14:52:14
        
        I never knew you were part of the EU negotiating team (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 15:57:30
- I just want a pragmatic, statesmanlike PM (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Jul 24, 08:53:10
  - Few of those seem to exist at the moment (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jul 24, 09:05:20
  - rees-mogg? (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 09:00:57
- Happy new PM day (n/m) (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Jul 24, 08:35:06
- Yeah I know, QUACK! (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 24, 08:19:06

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