Reading the excellent @ConUnit_UCL blog post on what happens after new Tory leader is appointed:
constitution-unit.com/2019/06/30/six…

And then trying to put that into my latest #BrexitDiagram...

Imagine the following happens:
1) Johnson chosen 23 July
2) 3 Tory MPs cross House, Tory+DUP has no majority any more
3) Queen cannot appoint Johnson as a result, 2 weeks to find a solution

Two routes from this are pretty obvious:
1) Johnson softens his Brexit position, and tries to win confidence back
2) No solution found so UK heads for General Election

But there *could* be a third route, something about which there has been little thinking:
3) Someone else - a kind of caretaker PM (Lidington?) - can command a majority in the Commons
BUT to *do* what?

Could such a person make a better effort at cross party talks & actually take the UK towards a Brexit deal?

Or would Commons then move towards a 2nd Referendum, it now being clear the Commons is in a crisis?

Ideas how it would play out would be very welcome!

#Brexit
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