The French Foreign Minister has announced that the EU is not likely to approve another extension to Brexit, which makes the whole back and forth in Parliament about requiring Boris Johnson to ask for an extension to some degree moot:

France’s foreign minister said on Sunday that, as things stand, the European Union would not grant Britain an extension beyond Oct. 31 to negotiate its exit from the bloc.

“It’s very worrying. The British must tell us what they want,” Jean-Yves Le Drian told Europe 1 radio.

Asked if an extension beyond Oct. 31 was possible, Le Drian said not under current conditions. “We are not going to do (extend) this every three months,” he said.

BoJo may win for losing.