>> It occurs to me that the law insists that a delay is requested, not that
>> one is obtained.
Yes that crossed my mind. But I believe that the Act includes the text of the letter that the PM must send, so he presumably can't comply by putting unacceptable conditions on it, or asking for a 24 hour extension.
Perhaps he could comply by issuing the specified letter, and then writing another one to cancel/vary it.
They're certainly trying to give the impression that they have a cunning plan to leave on 31 October. But they would do that if they were trying to maintain the supposed threat of a no deal Brexit to act as a lever on the EU, and perhaps on parliament to vote for a deal.
I haven't watched any news today but none of Varadkar, Barnier, Verhostadt were making warm noises yesterday. But they wouldn't, would they...
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