However
1. the clock is ticking - the window in which the opposition can do this gets smaller and smaller each day
2. the opposition isn't sure they want to do this - Corbyn and the communists for instance WANT a hard Brexit as they believe they can then implement a communist state in the chaos
3. Just as LEAVE is divided into hard and soft brexit; REMAIN is divided into soft and no Brexit. No one has the majority
It would be a shame if the crash didn't happen on 31.October.2019 -- all of the EU is waiting and hoping and praying that the UK doesn't come up with a last minute beg to remain; they really can't wait for the UK to make up it's mind and leave
Looks to me like nobody’s got the nads to do anything other than handwring.
In this case, that might not be such a bad thing.
It would be a shame if the crash didn’t happen on 31.October.2019 — all of the EU is waiting and hoping and praying that the UK doesn’t come up with a last minute beg to remain; they really can’t wait for the UK to make up it’s mind and leave
Nonsense, as usual. I have talked to friends in Europe and none of them are happy about UK leaving.
No doubt Germany fears UK leaving will trigger a broader discussion of the future of the EU. Now that the former Soviet Block EU countries are back on their feet it is a good time negotiate a more decentralized EU that is not dominated by German economic interests.
So you have a soft spot for parliamentary sovereignty. But Boris is politically smarter for being “legally wrong,” which is what matters. Sovereignty is only as strong as its subjects’ allegiance.