The Parliament of the UK just voted 329-300 for the preliminary approval of a bill aimed at preventing a no-deal Brexit. The bill requires the government to seek an extension to Article 50 if it does not have a deal for the UK's exit from the EU. There is now a discussion about various amendments to the bill which will then need a second and third vote to become law.

Even if the bill becomes law its is not assured that the Boris Johnson government would follow it.

Posted by b on September 4, 2019 at 16:37 UTC | Permalink

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Boris' only chance to pass any form of Brexit now is snap GE.

The Remainer MPs -- led by blairite Keir Starmer -- have already stated they don't want GE anymore.

The question is simple: if there's GE before October 31st, the Remainer tories will probably be wipped out to be replaced with Brexiter tories. Boris would then have a majority to allow the 31st October deadline to be enforced.

The Remainer strategy is to make any GE to happen in a scenario where Remain is already a fait accompli. They know that, under the FPTP system, Brexit is the democratic majority. In a one person, one vote system, there almost an absolute 50-50% division. Remainers know the democracy card is not entirely on their side. They know they must solve this the Prussian way, i.e. from above, in order to maneuver the masses.