The thing is Boris is in a do or die situation, it's that simple.
He doesn't want no deal.
He wishes us to leave on 31 Oct with a deal.
The current deal is not acceptable to parliament. He cannot bring Teresa mays deal forward for a vote..
He needs to get it changed.
The eu will absolutely not change it unless they have a worse threat, which is we leave with no deal and don't pay the 39 billion.
Then it is absolutely preferential for them to change it rather than risk that.
If they think we will just extend again, they will not change the deal.
If parliament sits they will take no deal off the table.without a shadow of a doubt they will take no deal off the table and force him to seek an extension like Teresa May.
If no deal is off the table the eu will continue to grant no further concessions.
We will extend and stay in. The eu would like us to extend and stay in.
The only hope Boris has of getting a better deal is to stop parliament removing no deal. That's it, it's a one golden shot to get the eu to grant us further concessions. No deal and no payment is our one and only bargaining chip.
Is it democratic what he's doing? Arguably not. But if he leaves it to parliament then it will be no different to when Teresa May was in the chair. They will agree on no preferred option and remove no deal. We will be back to square one.
So he's given enough time when they sit again to either remove no deal or ratify a new deal, whilst preventing them removing his bargaining chip until then.
The eus prefered option is we stay. If no deal is taken off the table we will extend. Given a chance, Parliament will remove no deal. With absolute certainty they will remove that option and force him to seek an extension. Just like they did with Teresa May.
What he's done, is taken that option away from parliament as best as he can, to try to force concessions from the eu to get a deal through. If he fails, parliament can still remove no deal when they sit again. If he succeeds they can ratify a deal. They have enough time for either option.
I'm no fan of Boris, I'm a remainer through and through, but what he is doing is not idiotic. What he's doing is giving himself the best and only chance possible to get a deal and make brexit happen.
Because if parliament has a say, they will make us extend. No deal is not an option for them, neither is the current deal.
If you don't want an extension, and you want us to exit, and you understand parliament will never permit no deal, they will legally force him to seek an extension, and the eu will always grant that extension, then You should probably be supporting him in what he is attempting to do.
As said, it's not difficult to comprehend. It's as ballsy as hell. But pretending parliament or the eu will behave any differently to when they did when Teresa May was in the chair a few weeks ago is ludicrous.
This really is his only hope.