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No, this is not true. It's very dangerous to spread this sort of misinformation, also.
By automatic operation of law we are out on the 29th.
If we don't ratify the (a) WA by then, then we get no deal.
This situation (barring A50 revocation) is, and has been for almost two years, not controllable by the UK.
In your version, what happens on the 29th? Parliament declare that there are 365 more days in March?
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You're technically right, in that if revocation doesn't happen and nothing else happens a hard Brexit will happen, but there's no way Parliament will actually let it happen. Or the government, as the government themselves have said that for no deal to happen they'll need to pass further legislation.
Barring complete dissolution of Parliament it's not going to happen, but it suits May and the Brexiters if people think it could.
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No, that's not true.
From today's Indy:
“In the absence of a withdrawal agreement the UK Parliament cannot unilaterally prevent a no deal in strict legal terms,” says Dr Jack Simson Caird, a senior research fellow in Parliaments at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.
“The Government would find it very difficult to pursue a no deal outcome without the support of the House of Commons. The Commons doesn’t have to approve a no deal but the Government has said in order for it to work, there would have to be a further legislation which would have to be approved by the Commons.
“If the Government decided as a response to the Commons rejecting the Brexit deal it was going to pursue a no deal, the Commons could attempt to block no deal legislation or seek to amend it to require the Government to change its position,” Dr Caird said.
They just said the same thing on PM too.
It seems to be a common misconception that no deal will just magically happen if the government doesn't do anything. I suspect mainly because politicians and the media have explained it very badly.