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Brexit Extension?

https://news.sky.com/story/pm-will-seek-brexit-extension-if-no-deal-agreed-by-19-october-11827149'The prime minister has contradicted court documents submitted by his own government that say the UK will seek a Brexit extension from the EU if no withdrawal deal is reached.'Can we look forward to BoJo lying 'dead in a ditch' as per his statement of 9 September 2019? https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/05/boris-johnson-says-rather-dead-ditch-delay-brexit-10694485/

Lucille Grant ● 2595d2 Comments

I gather he is relying on Orban to veto EU approval of an extension. Must be true it’s in the Telegraph.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2595d

He'll be disappointed then. The Independent reported the opposite.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hungary-brexit-boris-johnson-eu-extension-delay-orban-a9104566.htmlhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/ireland-would-consider-brexit-extension-if-uk-sought-one-pm-varadkar-idUSKBN1WJ1HPVaradkar meanwhile  stated that 'if the UK government were to request an extension, of course we would consider it. But I think most EU countries would really only consider it for a good reason, and that reason would have to be put forward. But certainly an extension would be better than ‘no deal’,” he said.'

Lucille Grant ● 2595d