Boris resigns

[sasguru]

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His speech is an election speech. How can he get an election? Only by resigning

[Platypus]

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His speech is an election speech. How can he get an election? Only by resigning

Indeed it's reckoned collapsing the government might just bypass the Surrender Act. Let's see!

[sasguru]

Indeed it's reckoned collapsing the government might just bypass the Surrender Act. Let's see!

How does that work?

[Old Greg]

Indeed it's reckoned collapsing the government might just bypass the Surrender Act. Let's see!

Reckoned by cretins.

[Platypus]

How does that work?

I've seen a few articles along these lines,
Boris Johnson ‘will collapse government’ if he can’t agree Brexit deal | Metro News

[sasguru]

I've seen a few articles along these lines,
Boris Johnson ‘will collapse government’ if he can’t agree Brexit deal | Metro News

Yeah but how does that bypass the "Surrender" Act?
All it means is that someone else will have to sign the letter asking for an extension and there will be an extension till Jan 31st.

Boris has 3 options before the 31st, within the law, that I can see (although Javid has hinted there is a radical plan he woudn't tell us about):

1. Get the EU to accept the polished turd, followed by Parliament
2. Resign - in which case some form of caretaker govt asks for an extension
3. Ask for an extension himself

He's ruled out option 3, so barring any dodgy shennanigans, has only the 1st 2 options left.

He wins either way: Brexiters are too stupid to figure out the turd leaves them worse off than before, so he gets to claim he "delivered" Brexit.
Or in the election that ensues (after the extension is granted, probably) he paints himself as the being "for the people" against parliament.

[OwlHoot]

Or in the election that ensues (after the extension is granted, probably) he paints himself as the being "for the people" against parliament.

The Tories are very unlikely to win if they go for an election before the UK actually Brexits, and they know it. Too many Brexiter votes would go to the Brexit party.

[AtW]

Boris will comply with the law but ppst it using Aeropochta

HTH

[Hobosapien]

Boris to re-sign extension letter.

[Old Greg]

The Tories are very unlikely to win if they go for an election before the UK actually Brexits, and they know it. Too many Brexiter votes would go to the Brexit party.

The near constant post war trend in GE voting is the declining combined Tory + Labour vote. In the '80s and '90s FPTP supported Tory and Labour majorities. But the regional and local strength of smaller parties (from SNP in Scotland to Greens in Brighton) has diluted the FPTP big party advantage. It's easy to see how the Tories win a GE. It's hard to see how they win a majority.