The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has written a letter to the President of the EU Council, Donald Tusk, asking for an extension of the Lisbon Treaty Article 50 process.
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The UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, has written a letter to the President of the EU Council, Donald Tusk, asking for an extension of the Lisbon Treaty Article 50 process.
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Just a quick update before I start, the PM has invited all opposition party leaders to a one hour meeting in Number Ten at 6 pm tonight.
She is then said to be preparing to make a statement to the nation.
A lot is being read into this, but I think it'll be the usual guff to try and garner national sympathy and support.
Now to business.
Shortly before appearing in the Commons for PMQs, the PM despatched a letter to the EU Council president asking for a short, one-off extension to Article 50 to last until the 30th of June.
But as I have pointed out many times before, the EU commission is adamant that, if the UK is still within the Article 50 process and therefore still an EU member at the start of the EU parliament elections on the 23rd of May, then the UK must participate in those elections.
And the EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, has already made that clear in an earlier, public letter.
Referring to a telephone call today between Juncker and May, a spokesman for the Commission President said:
"European elections have to be held if the extension date is beyond May 23. This is the position of the commission and this is what the president informed the prime minister again."
And the latest reports indicate that the PM will either get a short extension up to the elections, or a much longer extension on the promise that the..
