Have We Gone Yet?
This paper (Stanley Brodie QC, 3rd June 2019) argues that we left the EU at 23:00 on 29th March 2019:
(5.1) ...The   conclusion, I would suggest, is that the Agreement used and implemented by the Prime Minister, Mr Barnier and President Tusk was unlawful and ultra  vires  Article  50. 
The first extension proposal, on 14th March to extend to 30th June, was lawful but was rejected by the EU. Subsequent shenanigans, which leave us with 31st October as the latest deadline for the apparat to ignore, were unlawful and skullduggerous:
(5.4) ...the  civil  servants  responsible  for  briefing  parliament  to  enable  an  informed  debate  to  take  place,  themselves  were  misleading  it.    The  alteration of the text of Article 50, and of the proviso to paragraph 3, must have been deliberate. 
The  beneficiary  of  this  misconduct  was  the  Prime  Minister,  who  could  and did arrange for extensions of time without hindrance.
Thus we left on 29th March absent any lawful alternative. An interesting case, though I suspect that lawfulness is not a consideration.
 
 
 
          
      
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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More dead 'ere than on mine. Shame. Hope that's a good sign, better things to do.
PS Why, when I open your page do I get a Google popup saying "Translate this page?"
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