Not going to mention the "B" word...
but just seen a cunning plan being circulated to get us out of this awful mess - Boris Johnson could:
~ revoke Article 50 (to take away the 31st October deadline problem).
~ hold a General Election (which is what all the politicians want (but now acceptable without the deadline in place)).
~ then invoke Article 50 and then leave the EU as soon as possible, or do whatever the electorate decide at the election.
Democratically sorted?...(perhaps wishful thinking!).