Brexit or Breaksit?

[robkelk]

Speaking of constitutional wierdness and potentially involving Her Nibs, renegade Tories may make a Humble Address to the Queen.   The short of is that if Boris wanted to trigger a No Deal, then the Queen herself would have to go to Brussels and represent her country to ask for an extension.

Reading through the article, that looks to me like non-confidence in the head of government, which is constitutionally-valid grounds in the parliamentary system of the UK (or Canada) for the Sovereign to request someone else become head of government (read: grounds for the Queen to fire the PM). Mind you, IANAL.

This all sounds completely batshit, from the name of the maneuver to the outcome, and then you realize that people are planning to do this against the presumptive leader of their own political party.

In the parliamentary system, the leader leads by the consent of the elected members of the party. Theoretically. But this isn't the usual way to show lack of consent.