LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed he’d never, ever ask the European Union to push the Brexit deadline beyond October.
But he did.
Johnson, at the very last minute on Saturday night, asked the Europeans for a Brexit delay, until the end of January 2020.
In fact, he sent three letters, leaving people to puzzle over exactly which one meant what — and to wonder where Brexit is headed next?
A most excellent question. Because nobody really knows.
After lawmakers voted 322 to 306 to withhold support for Johnson’s new Brexit deal, scuppering his hope of completing Britain’s exit plan at an extraordinary — but ill-named? — “Super Saturday” session in Parliament, the prime minister was forced to fold and seek an extension.
A bill passed last month by British lawmakers mandated that if a deal were not approved by Saturday, Johnson would have to formally seek a three-month extension beyond the Oct. 31 deadline.
Johnson did that.
Grudgingly? For sure.
With an eye on looming elections? Indubitably.
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