And in the Grauniad’s comments we find a solution.

I found this about the most likely route to avoid Boris and Dominic doing a “find the lady” on the rest of us.

Apparently it’s all fairly mechanistic, deterministic and clockwork:

MPs pass the Law blocking No Deal Brexit
Vote of No Confidence immediately called
Johnson demands General Election under Fixed Term Parliaments Act
Vote of No Confidence Passes
Vote for GE rejected, fails to get required two thirds of MPs
MPs select Caretaker PM commanding the support of majority the House
*** Prorogue Intermission ***
Johnson refuses to resign as PM
MPs send Humble Address to Queen
Queen sacks PM
Queen appoints Caretaker PM nominated by MPs
Caretaker PM moves Brexit Date out ahead of any General Election
Caretaker PM calls General Election

Thanks to LucianOfSamosata from the Graun.

After Dorian

I rather think the Bahamas are going to need lots of help.

These big hurricanes are going to become regular events. Given that, maybe we should be designing buildings that can stand 200mph+ winds.

Conditions change architecture and act as an editor to our notions of permanence or even longevity. One day the mountain will be little other than hummock on the plain; and its particles strewn to the wind. Time and climate change will destroy our architecture from Stonehenge and the Pyramids, through to the Taj Mahal, St Peter’s in Rome, or the Houses of Parliament.

Cultures born of humans are mortal and will fail unless they transform. Some caterpillars never manage to get to the butterfly stage.