There were rumours that Macron wanted a very short extension. I hope he doesn’t get his way, 31 January would be enough time for an election and/or Parliament to actually agree to something. Another 2 or 3 weeks just isn’t going to get anything sorted.
Let's say the EU extend to January 31st then after this an election is called could they agree to election next week then Boris change date to February 1st?
poshrule_uk wrote:Let's say the EU extend to January 31st then after this an election is called could they agree to election next week then Boris change date to February 1st?
My belief is that when they call an election that falls outside of the fixed parliament term, parliament agree to the date and the PM can't change it.
poshrule_uk wrote:Let's say the EU extend to January 31st then after this an election is called could they agree to election next week then Boris change date to February 1st?
I don’t think so. If an election is called next week then 1 February is a very long way into the future. I don’t think Johnson would get away with closing Parliament for over 3 months.