NO DEAL is the only way. The EU 'wrote' the WA Agreement.

EU want level playing field to stop UK government lowering taxes to really low for businesses that locate to UK and they insist we must keep on charging VAT on goods. If we left properly, out of CU, out of SM and ditch remainer WA we could choose to stop charging VAT if we chose to making UK more competitive hence EU want level pkaying fielf May agreed to in WA.

Reuter’s are running a story at the moment stating “France will not vote in favour of an extension to 31/10/19, as it stands”

Yep Granny, I heard that too. Interesting times!

varian - the remainers sign petitions but the leavers stick to voting. Most won't be signing a petition but they will come out in force to vote, then you will see how strongly the country feels. Most people want to leave on 31st Oct so we can move on instead of being trapped in this no man's land.

"Most people want to leave on 31st Oct"???

What is the evidence for that?? chest - your friends and neighbours all say so???

Well, most of the people I know don't want to leave the EU at all. Does that trump Chestnut's statement?

You will see what most people want when it's time to vote. Although it doesn't seem to matter what most people want does it?

You will see what most people want when it's time to vote.

And until such time neither you nor I can say with any certainty 'what most people want' (apart from the fact that polling over the last 2 years supports me rather than you, Chestnut)

Exactly newnanny! That's exactly what the UK will do. Lower taxes might attract foreign investment, but there will be less to spend on education, healthcare, pensions, infrastructure, social support etc, etc.

MaizieD the latest poll shows Tories/Boris+Brexit Party on 47% and Labour+LibDems on 40% so this shows some evidence of the latest swing.

Those aren't the polls I was referring to, Chestnut. I'm talking about the ones that ask whether we should remain in or leave the EU. Which have consistently come out in favour of remain over the past 2 years.

MaizieD this poll shows that 47% support leaving and 40% support remaining. The party they vote for indicates this.

NatCen Social Research

Results from 66 polls.

The question asked was: Should the UK remain a member of the EU, or leave the EU? (Asked after the referendum)

whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/should-the-united-kingdom-remain-a-member-of-the-european-union-or-leave-the-european-union-asked-after-the-referendum/#

Where's your evidence Chetsnut? 66 polls suggest that you are wrong.

The party doesn't necessarily indicate whether people would vote leave or remain. Parties have other policies (and people), which might trump somebody's feelings about the EU.

The results of 66 polls have shown a shift towards remaining. Are they really all wrong?

growstuff, I guess we'll see the answer to that when the people actually get a vote.

No, we won't because people aren't being allowed a second referendum.

Anyway, have you found anything to back up your claim that the majority of people want to leave?

growstuff...the Polls lie. They were wrong about the last GE and also the Referendum and have been proven to be ridiculously off centre for many years.

have you found anything to back up your claim that the majority of people want to leave?

The referendum result! We had the referendum and people were very clearly told what it meant to leave in that leaflet we paid for. They voted to leave. Unfortunately the sore losers won't accept the result. And no matter how many times the leave vote wins they still won't accept it.

No, your claim was that people still want to leave. 66 polls suggest you are wrong.

Where's your evidence that people still want leave?

It seems Boris Boris is reportedly planning to sabotage the Remainer plan to stop a no deal Brexit by sending a letter to the EU requesting an extension, as the new law requires - then in another missive, explaining why they should ignore it.

Clever.

It complies with the law.

But then adds that twist - afterwards.

'There is a prescribed letter that has to be sent...Does that stop the Prime Minister sending other documents to the EU? I don't think it does.

'A political explainer perhaps, as to where the Government's policy is. It has to make clear that the Government is asking for an extension, but let's not forget what the next step is.

'Once that is done, the Europeans are going to ask: 'Why? What is the reason? [What] if the government said: 'We don't have any reasons for an extension.

'There is a clear path now: the Europeans need to refuse an extension.'

No wonder Boris is riding high in the polls at 35%. Don't you just love Dominic Cummings ?

It seems the EU won't approve an extension anyway, so they'll be happy to comply with the second letter. I'm sure they're as fed up with this as we are. The whole idea of another extension is just embarrassing as we already look like utter fools for not sorting this out by March when we were supposed to leave.

It seems Boris Boris is reportedly planning to sabotage the Remainer plan to stop a no deal Brexit by sending a letter to the EU requesting an extension, as the new law requires - then in another missive, explaining why they should ignore it.

A legal opinion of Johnson's 'cunning plan'

Jolyon Maughm QC
Completely baffled that debate about Boris 'Two Letters' Johnson's evil masterplan is continuing. There are two complete answers to it. First, the law is not so stupid that whilst requiring you to do x it will at the same time allow you to do y which undermines x.

Second, the whole idea rests on the predicate that the EU doesn't know Boris 'Two Letters' Johnson's views on an extension and will, once it learns them, aghast, change its mind on the wisdom of granting one. That predicate only needs to be stated to be dismissed as ridiculous.

twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1171017020944670721

If the court can force Boris to ask for an extension then why can’t they force MPs to abide by the leave result that 17.4 million people voted for in a democratic referendum?