Johnson to Challenge the Queen to Fire Him, Sunday Times Reports

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2. Events may have overtaken this ploy, again, which is possibly why none of us posted it.

The latest scuttlebutt is that the government will send the extension letter early, having given a clear undertaking in the Scottish Court of Session that it will comply with the Benn Act, perhaps as early as mid-month, preparing the way to find some means of having an election called.

Any time you see a report based on "No. 10", "senior aides", or whatever, the report's based not just on what Johnson's special adviser Dominic Cummings has told a "reporter" (more like a stenographer), but what Cummings actively wants the media to report.

Cummings has a record of talking tough, with nothing to back it up.