Stopping no deal

There has been a lot of comment from Number 10 on whether Parliament can stop a no deal Brexit.

Dominic Cummings said it is too late to stop no deal now.

Let me say this, first and foremost, Parliament is supreme, if it wanted, Parliament cam instruct the Government of the day to act in a certain way.

The problem is, getting enough MPs at agree on that to vote against the Government in a vote of no confidence.

Parliament can, when it wants, legislate at speed, last March passing amendments in both Houses in under 12 hours.

But for this to happen, several Conservative MPs would have to vote that it had no confidence in their own leader and PM.

When push came to shove, over and over again through the Brexit process, MPs talked tough then bottled it when the division bell sounded.

Today's front page of the Times says that Johnson would ignore a vote of no confidence and carry on regardless.

Anyone who sees this as anything less as a constitutional crisis and an affront to democracy would be part of the problem.

If that we the case, it is possible, that Parliament unites, kinda, behind another leader, and the after a vote in the Commons, the Queen invites that person to lead the Government.

That would be dragging the monarch into politics, which is something that all try to avoid, but it could be unavoidable come October.