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Okay here's the actual news. From the paper of record. Johnson has signalled he will obey the law because the Cabinet will disintegrate if he doesn't. He is trapped 1/ 
2/ Meanwhile both France and @guyverhofstadt saying effectively - no extension without a big reason: they are paving the way for a conditional extension that will humiliate Johnson...
3/ Rancid press stoking "people vs parliament" but broadcast news not playing the game - so it's only working in the racist bubble. But...
4/ Saturday's events are normalising far right violence and intimidation - fascists allowed to invade and threaten spaces booked by liberal centrist campaigns - no sign of Patel's zero tolerance policing around Whitehall
5/ Saturday was a picnic compared to eg No Deal chaos, or the week after Remain wins second referendum. The British state is not strong enough to contain the chaos Putin, Bannon and Farage are stoking up. No Deal crisis is becoming a national security threat.
