On 26/09/2019 09:39, nightjar wrote:


However, Boris seems far too arrogant even to admit he made a mistake,
despite the unanimous ruling of 11 of the highest judges in the land.
Instead, he seems intent on stirring up dissent in parliament,
presumably in the hope that will trigger the vote of no confidence he so
dearly wants, so that there can be a general election before 31st October.



He doesn't want one before Oct 31st.
He wants to set the date after then.

In that way he stays PM but parliament is dissolved achieving what his
last attempt at shutting down parliament failed to do.

This why the HoC is not going to let him until an extension or a deal is
in place and then boris will oppose an election.

His hope is that the brexit deadline will pass and he will get all the
leave votes in the election. He knows the brexit party will get some of
them if brexit hasn't happened and he might lose.