OH DEAR, I think I’ll have to give up the prediction game. Last week, on the eve of so-called Super Saturday, I expressed the view that we could be seeing the end of the Brexit saga. More fool me.

Super Saturday turned out to be as decisive as all the other key turning points in this long-running saga.

Maybe this time.... today, Momentous Monday... might just be the turning point when history will finally turn, who knows?

Why Momentous, or Mammoth or even Monstrous Monday? Because two crucial decisions will be made.

First, we will hear the verdict from the European Union about Mr Johnson’s request (which he didn’t sign) for the extension to the Brexit negotiations which he so desperately didn’t want.

Current talk is for a... wait for it... “flextension”.

The Johnson non-letter asked for three months’ extension, as he was obliged to under the terms of the Benn Act (don’t ask).

Donald Tusk, who heads the European Union Council of Ministers until January 31, said fine but then enter the French.

Monsieur Macron, who is turning out to be the Prime Minister’s best friend in Europe, said “non” or “not quite so fast mon ami”.

He is reported to be offering the UK an initial deadline of November 18 to give the UK Parliament a chance to finally agree a deal and then, only if they fail, will he agree to the January 31 deadline.

All of which sounds like an offer cooked-up in Downing Street rather than Paris.

This is because it rather neatly coincides with the other aspect of Momentous Monday and that is due to take place at Westminster where Mr Johnson is requiring a response to his ultimatum – agree to complete the parliamentary process to accept the Brexit deal in the next few weeks and then you can have an election on December 12.

Oddly enough the opposition parties, despite holding all the parliamentary cards, don’t appear to be so enthusiastic about accepting this “offer they can’t refuse” as Mafia bosses are supposed to mutter.

They all seem to be saying they are keen to have an election but only when they have a guarantee that the UK won’t be crashing out of the European Union without a deal, something that the EU are equally anxious to avoid.

But it’s not quite that clear cut.

The Labour Party, not for the first time during this saga, is split.

The leadership is making noises about just how much they are spoiling for a fight but the troops on the ground, or at least the troops on the Commons’ green benches, are not so sure.

Labour MPs look at the opinion polls – the latest ones showing Labour a whopping 15 points behind the Tories, and with the Lib Dems breathing down their necks – and think, hey ho this doesn’t look like such a smart idea after all.

To make matters even more confusing, on Thursday evening, following the PM’s “give me an election” plea, they received a message from their whips – the people responsible for parliamentary discipline – telling them that they should abstain or even vote against the “offer”.

Relief all round until the Labour leadership sent its troops round the broadcasting studios to say that maybe they weren’t so sure after all, and that they would wait until today to see the full terms of the European Union pronouncement before deciding whether or not to accept Mr Johnson’s offer.

For his part, the Prime Minister and his troops have also been touring the broadcasting studios saying that if Parliament doesn’t agree to the additional time for debate and a general election on December 12 they are going to go on strike, bringing as little business as possible to Parliament to make it look as if it were a zombie parliament needing to be disposed of.

To make this happen Mr Johnson needs to by-pass the fixed-term parliament act.

This is because it says there should only be an election every five years but with the proviso that it can be overturned with the agreement of two thirds of the House.

At the moment it looks like Mr Johnson won’t achieve this, even if Labour whips its members to vote in favour since there might well be enough Labour rebels, combined with other opposition parties, to defeat the PM (and not for the first time in this Parliament either).

But there I go again, making predictions.

That is a mug’s game in the present political climate.