Lagamorph wrote:So latest rumours are that Boris may try to call a General Election over the Exit period as Parliament doesn't sit during a General Election, so we leave with No Deal and Parliament can do nothing to stop it as there is no parliament.
That would be a good idea if you wanted to lose an election. I can see him winning if he calls an election before leaving but I cannot see it happening while there are daily headlines reporting the latest job losses and crises to emergence as a result of government policy. That being the case, I expect an election to be called within a couple of weeks now. Johnson does not actually believe Brexit is a good idea (remember, he only joined the campaign for career reasons) so he won't wait for the economy consequences to present themselves after leaving to call an election. Assuming Brexit does happen on Halloween, his approval rating now probably represent the best he can hope for and he's better off striking while Labour are still in disarray. The establishment media, including the BBC, are busy fawning over him at the moment so they must be thinking the same thing.
Here's hoping the British public see through the charade. The way the news keeps going on about "Boris" being so 'charismatic you'd think he was a real man of the people but by all indications he's less popular than May; which shows you that the public aren't as credulous as many would hope.
Oh, and Brexit is happening on the 31-10-2019. Don't believe otherwise. It's been repeated ad nauseam through the leadership campaign so if it doesn't happen Johnson will be forced to resign and the Tories will be eviscerated by the Brexit Party, making a Corbyn government all but certain. There's no way they are letting that happen, even if it means driving the UK off a cliff.