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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
i don't think we should discount anything. All the new PM has to do to force a no deal is to not request an extension, it doesn't require shutting down the government. Only the PM can request an extension.
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Then he or she would face a vote of no confidence.
Risking losing that and more likely to lose it too.
Then having to hold a general election, if they ignore a parliamentary vote to go for an extension.
The EU would grant an extension for that purpose of a general election.
Parliament knows that.
Any PM trying to take that line of not then asking, I doubt would be PM for long and would tear not only the Conservative Party but Parliament apart too.
It would be sheer madness.