A decision is necessary

Subject: A decision is necessary 

I suppose the accommodation  in the Tower of London is being refurbished, otherwise the sight of Boris Johnson being escorted through the gate by the Beefeaters to a cell would align him with many other equally famous people who for one reason or another had upset the Crown. Johnson has been instructed to write a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the period granted by the EU accommodating a nation wishing to leave the Union. The letter has to be written if the governments bill to leave the EU withdrawal is not passed in Parliament. Because of a fear that he would try to wriggle out of asking for an extension, another motion was tabled in Parliament by Oliver Letwin a senior Tory MP, reiterating that on losing the vote the PM would write and send the letter. 
In a vote Letwin's  motion was successful and so the government (Boris) decided not to  present his bill on Saturday as planned. 
It was the first time parliament had sat on a Saturday for 37 years, the last occasion was the Falklands War and its recall today for Brexit become suddenly an anticlimax as Boris declared his intention not to present the bill but delay it until Monday. Parliament now prevented from voting for the 'withdrawal bill' became a flurry of discontent and concern 'what was he up to', 'what Machiavellian plan was he hatching and why'.
Because of the complexity of parliamentary protocol and the equally labyrinth rules of regulatory procedure a misstep by either side can produce unwanted results. If his bill had been presented yesterday and defeated then the letter would have had to be written asking for more time but if it's not presented until Monday then more time to think up some sort of wheeze would enable Boris to pull out another rabbit from his hat.
This morning we wake to see the headline,Boris will write the letter but he won't sign it !
What sort of jackanapes is that, what sort of a 'Billy Bunteresque'  move is he up to, is he the Prime Minister or the Court Jester.
And so the most politically momentous decision of our times, a decision for wise, cool heads is to be made by the class fool, the guy who is seen continually standing in the corner having committed some misdemeanour. No wonder we as a nation have been reduced to a laughing stock, lampooned, out of control we dither on the edge of making a decision but as our recent history has shown, we hate decisions.