A few thoughts on the nonsense which is 'taking no deal off the table'. First, the Benn Act (last month's holy grail... sigh) only defers the cliff edge to Jan 31, and only if the EU-27 agree to the UK request. [?] 1/4

Second, if we get the Jan extension, and if there's a GE, and if Lab (or a Lab coalition) win a majority... we will need a new, quite long, extension in order to carry out Lab's stated policy (renegotiation then PV). Will it be granted? [?] 2/4