Here’s How Boris Johnson Gets The Brexit Deal The U.K. Really Needs

The Federalist ^ | 09/20/2019 | Stephen C. Meyer

[Thud]

My point was that Parliament can't require a Prime Minister to take an action. It can only fire him if he doesn't. Brexit will happen automatically on October 31. Parliament must either enact a law affirmatively stating that Britain will not exit the EU or watch while it happens.

But Parliament does not want to enact such a law because it would then suffer the consequences, i.e., an election. Tough for them. They don't want to be accountable to their constituents. Such a conflict is so sad.

[FLT-bird]

Or he can ask for an extension.....on Britain’s terms.

He will have technically fulfilled his obligation then.

[Winniesboy]

It’s a misreading to suppose that Parliament doesn’t want an election: although it might appear that way because Corbyn turned down Johnson’s bid for a mid-October election. Corbyn wants an election, but he was never going to back an election timed to suit Johnson’s convenience, in other words before October 31st. Johnson set a beartrap with that offer, which Corbyn declined to fall into (some reports say he was so desperate for an election that he would have gone for it despite the obvious risks, but wiser heads in Labour talked him out of it).

[trebb]

Yep - like the idiot author allows “If the council refuses to accept his offer, he should make clear he will allow the clock to run out and the United Kingdom to leave the EU on Oct. 31 — initially, at least, without a deal.”
They can’t stop Boris from leaving the EU w/o a deal - no extension means they’re out on 31 Oct...they pretty much ensured a no-deal exit by showing their asses - and their contempt for their voters.

[SteveH]

most of the msm presumes that johnson has no volition in the matter whether or not to propose to the EU another extension on or soon after Oct. 19. that is 12 days before the Oct. 31 brexit hard exit date.

assuming for the moment that johnson has no volition, then what could happen?

1. he could send a proposal via courier. however the courier could take the long way to brussels— for example, by sled dog across antarctica. in that perilous journey, anything could happen. for example, the papers could get blown away in the wind or needed for emergency fuel to boil water.

2. let’s say that johnson flat out refuses to send anything to brussels. then presumably the monarchy could have johnson arrested. what if johnson is already in brussels? the uk would have to extradite him, which would take time. alternatively, johnson could stay in the uk and be arrested. then what if? johnson’s case enters the uk criminal justice system. but johnson is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. can johnson still be PM? i see nothing preventing it, unless parliament holds elections, which parliament already seems not inclined to do. even if parliament holds elections that process takes several weeks. if johnson is tried before a jury, the jury still has to vote to convict, and there is almost guaranteed to be some jury members who would object to conviction on the basis that it is a politically motivated sham. at the worst, johnson’s trial would instigate a civil war and possibly even threaten the monarchy.

so, how would these possibilities play out in real life?

[Cronos]