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Originally Posted by Mick
BREAKING: Prime Minister Boris Johnson to have dinner with her Majesty, the Queen tonight at Balmoral.
To be a fly on the wall during this event.... possible discussions...
1) Ask Queen to dissolve Parliament for potential election, ignore Common law, she cannot be challenged if she did.
2) Ask Queen to deny Royal Assent to Remainer Anti-No deal Bill, expected to clear all stages tonight.
3) Inform her of his intentions to resign at some later date. Given his lack of government power in Parliament.
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1. Constitutional crisis ... no chance.
2. Constitutional crisis ... as above.
3. Unlikely, and pointless as it still doesn’t precipitate an election.
Rather than asking HM to deny assent (which she can’t do - it’s assent, not consent) he could fail to present the bill to her before Monday. It would fail due to prorogation in that case.
The Queen will doubtless have advice for him. She’s seen all this before. An account of that meeting would be worth all the gold in the world but we will never know.
I think at this stage the most likely outcome on Monday is that the Opposition will be told the Benn Bill will go to the palace for assent at the same time as the motion for a general election. The Lords were all set to talk their way through the weekend on Wednesday night and then it all came to an abrupt halt at 1.30am. Something must have occurred in order to make that happen. The suggestion of a deal, or perhaps just the threat of withholding the Benn Bill from the Queen’s in-tray, is my bet.