Reuters: UK minister in charge says Brexit will happen Oct. 31 despite PM's unsigned delay request

[NightHawkeye]

Brexit will happen on Oct. 31 despite PM's unsigned delay request, UK says

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government insisted on Sunday the country will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 despite a letter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced by parliament to send to the bloc requesting a Brexit delay.
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Johnson sent the request note as required, but unsigned, and added another signed letter arguing against what he cast as a deeply corrosive delay. One of his most senior ministers said Britain would still leave the bloc on Oct. 31.

“We are going to leave by October 31. We have the means and the ability to do so,” Michael Gove, the minister in charge of no-deal Brexit preparations, told Sky News.​

 

[Aussie Pete]

I hope so. I was in England 3 years ago, not long after the referendum. Democracy? Parliament has done everything possible to subvert the will of the people. And I really want to stop hearing about it in the news.

 

[Nithavela]

I'd like to suggest a compromise.

The remainers just live their lives as if the UK were still in the EU.

The leavers live their lives as if the UK had left.

In short, complete anarchy. Just like it is right now, but everyone gets what they want.

 

[cow451]

Brexit will happen on Oct. 31 despite PM's unsigned delay request, UK says

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government insisted on Sunday the country will leave the European Union on Oct. 31 despite a letter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced by parliament to send to the bloc requesting a Brexit delay.
...
Johnson sent the request note as required, but unsigned, and added another signed letter arguing against what he cast as a deeply corrosive delay. One of his most senior ministers said Britain would still leave the bloc on Oct. 31.

“We are going to leave by October 31. We have the means and the ability to do so,” Michael Gove, the minister in charge of no-deal Brexit preparations, told Sky News.​

Happy Halloween!

 

[rambot]

The whole "will of the people" argument seems so silly to me. The vote differential was 4%...faaaar from a resounding mandate. And wasn't it nonbinding to begin with?