How will they get the no deal bit past parliament?
By running down the clock, I suspect - if parliament send May back to re-negotiate at the end of Jan there's not enough time to ratify anything she gets.
What is needed is a way for Parliament to issue an A50 retraction, and I don't believe that mechanism exists.
We leave by automatic operation of law on the 29th, no matter what we've arranged (or not) in the meantime.
By running down the clock, I suspect - if parliament send May back to re-negotiate at the end of Jan there's not enough time to ratify anything she gets.
What is needed is a way for Parliament to issue an A50 retraction, and I don't believe that mechanism exists.
We leave by automatic operation of law on the 29th, no matter what we've arranged (or not) in the meantime.