I am beginning to think it will be a hard Brexit.

is handling the borders/commerce of Ireland (which is independent and part of the EU and is not factored into Brexit) and N. Ireland (which is part of the UK and would fall out). I.e., there is a desire by the EU members to at least keep the borders between the two (which are obviously on a single island) open regardless of what happens with the rest of the UK.

She has already offered to resign once, and her future as a leader seems unlikely. She should just let voters decide. If the Conservatives hate her for doing so, too bad. They already hate her. They’re like our own Republican Party, who would rather destroy the country than allow a Democrat to have a success.

If the answer is yes then without that her hands are probably tied.

I’m no expert on British politics, but PM David Cameron called for the Brexit referendum, so I would think that May could do the same since the government is clearly unable to reach any kind of agreement at this point. What a mess! No matter which direction the country goes, roughly half the country will be very unhappy and will resent the result. A lot like politics in the US.

https://www.dw.com/en/brexit-delayed-until-october-31-eu-and-uk-agree/a-48279311

Leaders of the European Union on Thursday offered to extend the Brexit deadline to October 31, which British Prime Minister Theresa May accepted.

European Council President Donald Tusk confirmed that the EU and the UK had agreed on the extension so that the UK could "find the best possible solution."

As EU members gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to decide Brexit's fate, Tusk had pushed for an extension of up to one year, but others — including French President Emmanuel Macron — had feared it could lead to the UK meddling in EU affairs months before leaving.
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I know when the articles first came out, the news outlets were waiting for a press conference to convene with more info.

I bet they are going to be outraged over this.

But yeah, the Boris Johnsons of the UK are probably going to try to manufacture something.

I thought this headline from The Independent was hilarious -

Labour and the EU are scrambling to ‘Boris-proof’ Brexit talks with May as the Tory leadership race heats up

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-boris-johnson-labour-andrea-leadsom-theresa-may-labour-eu-a8863016.html

"Boris-proof". Just like Jim Jordan here.

The law is that the UK cannot leave the EU without a deal. Leaving with no deal would be illegal. So the government has no choice but to extend the Brexit date. Until a deal is done, a new public vote, or article 50 is cancelled.

And now, unless some plan is done before that, then they will have to participate in the upcoming EU Parliamentary elections. So that seems to suggest that the leaves will want out before May 23rd!

until December, since the malcontents in the Tory party failed with their last try, and have to wait. They could either try to disrupt the working of her government - a form of strike, I suppose, which would be ironic for the Tories - but that might make them look petty (though that doesn't hurt Trump with his base, so maybe they'll try that), or persuade Corbyn to bring an opposition vote of no confidence, to force an election - but he won't do that until it benefits Labour. Or they just 'put pressure' on her to go - but one thing she has shown herself to be is amazingly resistant to pressure.

the powerful committee of backbench MPs that holds the fate of all Tory leaders in its hands.

Having seen off the party's no confidence vote earlier this year, in theory May can't face another one for a year. However, that's just the 1922 Committee's rule, not the party's, and it can change those rules via a vote ...

Given how riven the Tories are at the moment, I've no idea how that might pan out.

Yes, I could see them changing their rules quickly if they had the will, while a party rule would probably take until the party conference to change.

It's been so drummed into us that she's safe from an intra-party challenge for now that I just accepted it.

Since utter headbanging grandstanders like Mark Francois seem to be taking a leading role in "the '22" at the moment, I think all bets are off. May's position's probably less safe than she would have been with a shorter Brexit extension. The main question is who would have the appetite to take on misadministering this whole clusterfuck at the moment, not least because the Tories are so divided and the polls aren't looking good?

otherwise this is just delaying the inevitable.

a revote would destroy the Tories and I think they know that.

the Tories would avoid that option at all costs. It may be up to the other parties (back benchers) within the conservative coalition government to decide whether it would happen or not. I.e., if enough of that group decides to drop support of the current government, that could trigger another vote against May (the Tories alone didn't have enough seats for a clear win to form a government). Whether that happens or not is another issue and whether they may consider joining with Labour is yet another possible, but unlikely scenario (at least with Corbyn there), but who knows?