The new law would allow Mr Bercow to personally ask Brussels for a further delay on behalf of the Commons. A senior Commons source said: 'The rebels say that, if Boris wants to play with nuclear weapons, then so will they'. But last night No 10 hit back amid claims from senior sources that Mr Letwin had agreed the January 31 date in the first Benn Act with figures at the French Embassy in London. And Mr Grieve dismissed the allegations as 'ridiculous', adding: 'The tone of these statements comes across like the propaganda of a totalitarian state.' But the planned new Act would give the Commons, in the form of Mr Bercow, the power to appoint a commissioner directly.

Source: Daily Mail September 28, 2019 21:00 UTC