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Plus Corbyn is being typically uselessly quiet as well. Just at the time he should be really giving the Tories a hard time for this and being really clear what the option is.
I think he wants Boris, and he wants Boris to fail at either leaving or renegotiating, as he knows that a GE is the result - and that's all he's ever wanted.
The wildcard here is whether Boris goes for referendum ahead of GE, or vice-versa.
I can't work out what the best route forward is here, probably GE ahead of referendum as (I think) it'll shake down as follows:
Tories: referendum on no deal vs WA
Labour: Labour Brexit
Lib Dems: Referendum on WA vs Remain
Greens: Referendum WA vs Remain
SNP: Referendum on Scottish Independence (which will be their price as a coalition partner)
Brexit: Leave with nothing as fast as possibleRemain votes would head to LD and Green, and the SNP in Scotland, but would Leave votes go to the Tories or Brexit? With of course Lexiters voting Labour.
Johnson would have to believe that by presenting a straight Brexit ticket of either WA or No Deal then he could draw the Brexit vote - but would the EU allow the extension if those were the choices?
I would hope, albeit through my own confirmation-bias, that we'd end up with a Lib-Dem/Green/SNP coalition, remaining in the EU and potentially with Scottish Independence (although I don't know if that would happen if the rest of the UK stayed in the EU? Might be wise for them to leave the Union in case we do this all over again).
Plus I cant think of any time recently Rees-Mogg and the ERG have been so quiet. Plus Corbyn is being typically uselessly quiet as well. Just at the time he should be really giving the Tories a hard time for this and being really clear what the option is.