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If the Benn Bill gets royal assent which it should do unless Johnson advises her to not sign it, then Boris Johnson will have to go to the EU and ask for an extension till January 31st 2020 but that depends on all 27 EU countries agreeing to an extension, as it stands France have said they will veto an extension which means we would fall out of the EU by default with no deal, unless the EU give us an extension for another referendum or revoke Article 50.

Royal Assent to the HB bill will almost certainly be completed within the next few hours according to royal sources. Re Macron's understandable opposition to an extension, I reckon he will be influenced by other EU associates to "come round" to accepting another extension. The reason for that "about turn"? There is a lotta vested interest amongst EU member states as well as in France itself and I think common sense will prevail. The UK parliament is suspended tonight and that is as much of a huge issue IMO, an absolute disgrace where it is clear that certain parliamentary rules and legislation relative to the constitution and democratic process require to be amended and make them "fit for purpose" for governance in the 21st century, not the 19th century.