Boris Johnson's Brexit gamble begins
Parliament will not sit for long enough for the opposition to block No Deal. This is unprecedented and daring, but not unconstitutional. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s audacious gamble may yet yield the breakthrough that eluded his predecessor, at least from the British side. The European Union is much less likely to bend on the question of the Irish backstop, however much that is desired by ardent Eurosceptics. Nonetheless in a Brexit process that is complex and multi-staged