Of course, I am my own worst enemy. Having decided to ignore the news today I wake up and check to see if Johnson’s sent the letter! I then find he’s sent three! But I don’t agree with Corbyn that he’s engaging in “pompous posturing and bluster” and I don’t agree with John McDonnell today that he is “behaving like a spoilt brat”. There is no sign of any of that. His explanatory letter is carefully written, makes clear what he wants, blames parliament, apologises for having been forced to put the European Council to such inconvenience and politely declares himself available for consultation at their next meeting. I think he may well get away with it, and if the SNP, Keir Starmer or anybody else want to take him to court, they should think carefully before doing so. It would mean more delay and would probably lead to No Deal. I think he could well win out on this at the end of the day. If he’s ever to be defeated at all (and I don’t just mean over Brexit), everyone has to stop dismissing him as stupid, a clown or a spoilt brat. He has achieved several things that everybody said he couldn’t possibly achieve: he got the May Deal reopened (“never”, they said), changed it (“can’t be changed”, they said), and got rid of the backstop (“impossible”, they said). Make no mistake, he’s on a roll, and he’s leaving his opponents – even the best of them – struggling to keep up.

    And tomorrow? Don’t ask. I was taught in Sunday School “Take no thought for tomorrow … Tomorrow will take thought for the things of itself”. So it will.

Brexit: Johnson sends unsigned letter asking for delay, and second arguing against it
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/19/eu-will-grant-brexit-extension-if-johnson-sends-letter-says-brussels?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other