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New Mostly procedural at this point
They voted to take control of the agenda away from BJ. Next up is to try and introduce a measure presumable asking (beg?) the EU to extend the deadline again. (Or to force BJ to ask for another extension. Either way, granting that is entirely up to the EU.)
New The Benn bill is reasonably straight-forward.
The purpose of the Bill is to ensure that the UK does not leave the European Union on the 31 October without an agreement, unless Parliaments consents.

The Bill gives the Government time either to reach a new agreement with the European Union at the European Council meeting next month or to seek Parliament’s specific consent to leave the EU without a deal.

If neither of these two conditions have been met, however, by 19th October – ie the day after the European Council meeting concludes – then the Prime Minister must send a letter to the President of the European Council requesting an Article 50 extension until 31 January 2020.

The form of the letter is set out in a schedule to the Bill. If the European Council agrees to an extension to the 31 January 2020, then the Prime Minister must immediately accept that extension.

If the European Council proposes an extension to a different date then the Prime Minister must accept that extension within two days, unless the House of Commons rejects it.

The Bill has cross-party support from MPs who believe that the consequences of No Deal for the economy and the country would be highly damaging. No Deal is not in the national interest.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1168560598650621953.html

It's passage would not prevent a no-deal crash out per se, (although in practice it would since there is no desire for a no-deal crash out in Parliament). It simply mandates that Parliament must have a say. Which doesn't seem to me to be all that controversial.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New If they continue not doing anything, does the EU at some point just kick them out?
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Drew
New I don't think that's likely.
Everything else aside, that would dramatically increase the likelihood of The Troubles returning to Ireland and no sane person wants that. But it would also hurt Europe if the UK left without a deal - just not as dramatically as it would hurt the UK.

I'm claiming no expertise here, just voicing an opinion.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New Europe may take up baseball yet
Dragging this out indefinitely is not in their interest either. The first extension came with a warning that there would not be another just for the sake of extending things. They'll likely extend it now due to the upheaval but a 3rd request may result in "you're out!". Especially given no progress has been made at all on the agreement.
New There is no "you're out!"
There is only "there are no more extensions, and as you have not retracted your Article 50 declaration, it now takes effect".

The EU cannot eject the UK. The UK can only leave or not.
New Ok, so a bit more then semantics, but ...
If they don't retract their Article 50 declaration, then they're out?
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Drew
New If the EU refuses another extension and the UK doesn't revoke, they're out and chaos ensues.
The EU has said they won't approve any deal that does not include the backstop. Even if the UK is somehow miraculously able to "leave" without the backstop, as Peter has noted and documented quite well here, even ignoring the not insubstantial work that would have to be done to craft a new UK-EU trade deal and have it agreed, the UK will be scrambling to replace all the EU regulations currently present with their own.

There are messy divorces and then there's this abortion.

They had their 500 uninformed fools and we had ours. We murdered Socrates here with Trump. They murdered Socrates there with the Brexit referendum. There can be no one left to defend the idea of democracy wherein "the common man" is allowed any say in how a society is governed.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New well you should be happy about trump and sing his praises
since he doesnt beleive the common man should have a say either
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
New Hardly.
He's exploiting the common man's idiocy, bigotry, xenophobia and inability to see things clearly and come to a logical conclusion about anything in order to achieve power. They shouldn't have a say, but they do. And he is exploiting them. Mind you, he is a stupid as they are, he just happened to win the lottery of birth. So, TBH, I cannot say for certain if he is exploiting them or is just one of their kindred spirits.
bcnu,
Mikem

It's mourning in America again.
New Well said.. Sadly.
New Part of that is covered
The EU Withdrawal Act is a copy/paste operation that transfers all EU laws & regulations to the UK books.
     Entertaining coverage by Ian Dunt of the current Commons business - (malraux) - (19)
         thx, vee gee -NT - (pwhysall)
         Ayes: 328 Nos: 301 - (malraux) - (17)
             Summary of the issue? - (drook) - (16)
                 Im sure Peter will correct if wrong but a general election - (boxley)
                 Re: Summary of the issue? - (malraux) - (14)
                     Arrgh! - (drook) - (13)
                         Mostly procedural at this point - (scoenye) - (11)
                             The Benn bill is reasonably straight-forward. - (mmoffitt) - (10)
                                 If they continue not doing anything, does the EU at some point just kick them out? -NT - (drook) - (9)
                                     I don't think that's likely. - (mmoffitt) - (8)
                                         Europe may take up baseball yet - (scoenye) - (7)
                                             There is no "you're out!" - (pwhysall) - (6)
                                                 Ok, so a bit more then semantics, but ... - (drook) - (5)
                                                     If the EU refuses another extension and the UK doesn't revoke, they're out and chaos ensues. - (mmoffitt) - (4)
                                                         well you should be happy about trump and sing his praises - (boxley) - (2)
                                                             Hardly. - (mmoffitt) - (1)
                                                                 Well said.. Sadly. -NT - (Ashton)
                                                         Part of that is covered - (scoenye)
                         :-D - (malraux)

And she wasn't kidding, either, 'cause in came the biggest, meanest looking haddock I'd ever seen come down the pike. He was covered with mussels.
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