Ambassadors meeting in Brussels this morning delayed their ruling until Monday or Tuesday next week - just two days before the Brexit deadline - in order to give Jeremy Corbyn more time to decide if he will back a general election first.
After Labour failed to back the plan for an election on December 12, however, France moved to block any extension decision today.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is apparently pushing for just a 15-day delay, will only back a long Brexit extension if Britain uses the time to go to the polls.
He is said to be worried that if an election does not take place and Mr Johnson cannot get his deal through the Commons, the three-month extension will be wasted.
But the Labour leader is continuing to dither, insisting that a No Deal Brexit must have been ruled out and he knows until he knows how long the UK will remain in the EU before he will commit, amid a backbench rebellion from opposition MPs worried they face a mauling at the ballot box...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...