Uddrag fra FT:
Boris Johnson did what he promised not to do on Saturday night: he formally requested a Brexit extension until January 31 2020 in three separate letters dispatched to Brussels.
The first letter asked for an extension of Article 50 talks as required by the so-called Benn act, but while it was attributed to the prime minister of the United Kingdom it was not signed by Mr Johnson.
The second was a photocopy of the five pages of the Benn legislation, which required him to apply for the extension until the end of January 2020 if MPs had not approved his exit deal by October 19.
In a third letter, which was signed by Mr Johnson to Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, the prime minister said he did not favour an extension as it would “damage the interests of the UK and our EU partners”.
