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Originally Posted by Hoopie1
It can't but I believe it can force revoking it.
I think that depends on the determination of the PM and the timing.
Afaik the government has to revoke and the house can only instruct the government to do so. If the government doesn't comply then all the house can do is go down the no confidence route and somehow form a new government. By then it would probably be too late to revoke and the demands for a GE (presumably by the resisting PM) would be becoming irresistible.
In practice I don't think this would happen. Only a total nutter of a PM (surely even well beyond Raab) would allow this without asking for an extension while we have a GE. If remain (or a 2nd ref) is a clear possibility as an outcome of that election then the EU will probably allow it.