It says everything about this country right now that in the possible final month of this process, the Conservatives are having their party conference and telling everyone how they want to sort out Brexit without actually sorting out Brexit, while Jo Swinson will apparently refuse to back Corbyn as a temporary prime minister to stop no deal in the event that a no confidence movement against Boris is passed, even though the rest of the opposition parties are allegedly willing. Meanwhile the media are more interested in this thigh touching incident that may or may not have happened 20 years ago because it makes for a better soap opera than asking the government and parliament what the shit is supposed to be happening in less than 30 days.
To be fair to Boris, it looks like they'll at least try to make a new proposal to Brussels before the end of the month, but the opposition parties and Irish leaders are not at all in support of his rumoured ideas. Maybe the Tories know this and are just doing it for show though, couldn't say.
Boris simply has to ask for an extension, it was legally passed by the House of Commons. It's ridiculous that this will go on even longer but this is the result of the referendum failing to define what Brexit actually is all along.