I've generally stayed out of this thread but I have a question which perhaps one of you well informed chaps can answer.
It is my understanding that leaving is enshrined on a bill - basically legislation that says we can leave, it's agreed and the date set against that is the 31st Oct. Now we can cancel that if we revoke the law and we (the UK) can amend that to delay it further if the Eu agrees of course, but as it stands now, if no one does anything, ie everyone goes to the pub, we will without any question no longer be in the EU come November the 1st. So what's all this shouting and promising that's going on. Unless someone does something to change the destiny, we're set to automatically and unequivocally leave. Boris only needs to order another pint sit back and it's done, isn't
This is independent of any deal that's struck or a no deal eventuality. End of means end of. Second part of the question is that largely parliament does not want a no deal. So what are the choices for the House here. We ARE set to leave at midnight, there is virtually no chance of a deal before then, the majority don't want a no deal exit (there was a vote) so what happens? Is there going to be some sort of coup at 23.59 where the leave act gets halted by people with more power?
I'm genuinely a bit lost. It's a real case of the old Catch 22. I'm not really interested in preferences here, simply the mechanics of how we leave without a deal when the house voted to reject that situation. No deal in my view is a consequence not actually an option. It's the consequence of no one doing something to precipitate a change to the impending cliff edge. Boris keeps promising it like it's something he has to actually do something to achieve.