PM Johnson says will push for election if lawmakers reject Brexit timetable

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. The amount of scrutiny he wants is just 3 days

Others aren't demanding months; but they think it should have longer than 3 days, and likely longer than the 9 days till Oct 31st.

Though his staff are hinting they'd accept an extension of a few days:

A No 10 source highlighted the key caveat that the bill would be pulled only if the EU grants a three-month extension – the length of delay requested under the Benn act. It raises the possibility that Johnson could accept a shorter extension if one were to be offered by the EU but this is unlikely given the legal letter that he sent asks for a three-month delay.

The No 10 source said: “If parliament votes again for delay by voting down the programme motion, and the EU offers delay until 31 January – then we will pull the bill, there will be no further business for parliament and we’ll move to an election before Christmas.”

No 10 would not elaborate on the length of extension that Johnson could accept, but a source suggested to the FT that 10 days could be acceptable.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/22/soft-brexit-tories-might-back-deal-if-wto-loophole-closed