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If the Government's withdrawal agreement hasn't been approved we're unlikely to have an agreed plan for the way forward. If we don't have an agreed plan for the way forward, why would the EU agree an extension of time? Does this meek Bill serve any real purpose?
Having 'Leave with no deal' as the default if we can't agree a deal is (since the Wightman case) a political choice. There is a different default Parliament can choose, namely, 'Revoke Article 50.' But that's the only alternative default on offer.
Labour's amendment seems* - although it is too shy to say so explicitly - to oblige the Govt immediately to ask the EU for more time. How else might Parliament get to vote on a completely renegotiated Withdrawal Agreement that prevents no deal?
(*Either that or it's a nonsense.)
(*Either that or it's a nonsense.)
