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Question on the lips of Brexit-watchers everywhere this morning: has Theresa May's letter to the EU about an Article 50 extension requested a short extension, a long extension, both, or has she avoided specifying the details and just talked about it conceptually in vague terms?
If she's only requesting a short extension, that shuts the door on any sensible softer Brexit, on a general election, or on a second referendum. Only possible choices would be her deal again, no-deal crash out, or no Brexit.
If she only asked for a long extension, anything is possible when it comes to the outcome of Brexit itself, but it would be declaring her deal dead-dead (which it jolly well should be by now anyway). Oh, and the headbanger Brexiters will burst a blood vessel.
Finally, if she just talked breezily about the general need for an extension of some kind, well that would be so Theresa May! Her motto: "Never decide today what you can put off until tomorrow." But it would also make the EU even more reluctant to agree to an extension.
