Thread by @Staedtler

I had cabinet resignations down for yesterday.
We know what today is. Final extension which Theresa May is forced to accept.
And once parliament agrees to it, she resigns.

Once we've got a year's extension, we know Theresa May will resign because there'll be another leadership contest comes up in the normal way before the extension expires.

Once we get the extension, her part in this tale is over.

So if everyone - including her - knows she's going to be booted out sometime before the extension expires, she'd much better off go now, and everyone can move on.

I wouldn't be surprised if Theresa May was "invited" to move on over the weekend. Start writing her book, if she's got one.

Once the Tory leadership is vacant, the party will be free from disloyalty to have the open conversation they need to have.
Do they want to pursue Brexit to the destruction of the country or not?

Some will, of course. No matter how crazy the idea is, someone will always vote for it.
Most won't. They'll say Brexit was a disaster and needs to be stopped.
Let the backlash against Brexiteers begin. That's how the Conservative Party will abandon it.
But what about the country?

There are three ways to formally cancel Brexit. By general election, by referendum or by legislation with no reference to public vote.

I can't see parliament legislating to stop Brexit without involving the public.
General election or referendum? Or both?

The Brexiteers are likely to make government impossible anyway, so I suppose a general election.
It's a risk, but I think it's one the Tories will just have to take.

Remember, by this time there'll be a whole new leader and government, it'll feel like a new party.
I think they'll have to put all their chips on a general election with a manifesto to hold another referendum.

So we get another five years of Tory government which the Guardian and Owen Jones can spend doing a tour of penance around the country apologising for their antic stupidities.