Thanks for the replies everyone! It's been a long journey and all that is left is to step over the finish line! I have until next Tuesday to submit but I've decided to submit on Friday the PDF and Monday the hard copies. In my uni it's usual practice submit electronically first, then send the hard copies a few days later.

I feel rather calm about my decision, which I take to be a good sign, and content that I've done what I could. I've done some of the suggested changes, which were mostly about wording, and left the rest. I expect corrections and will (hopefully) be prepared for them!

@kelpie - in my original post I mentioned I'm a UK based, humanities PhD student. At my uni we're given a thesis submission date which I was prepared to meet. However my main supervisor asked for a "grace period" of one week, an unofficial extension to the original submission date. His reason was so that I could take the time to polish my thesis. However, he has NOT read my thesis in its entirety and therefore makes me question his reasons behind this extension. I suppose in the end I trust the feedback I've received from my second supervisor more than my main, who hasn't been supportive during the writing up.

UK based humanities PhD student here with a full draft. I want to submit but haven't been given the green light because my main supervisor hasn't read my thesis. He even went and asked our administrator for one week extension so that I (e.g. he) can have more time.

Thing is, I have the full, complete draft. I'm aware of there are major holes in my conceptual framework and analysis that am prepared to defend them in my viva. I just want to submit!

My second supervisors has provide detailed feedback on each of my chapters with a focus on the conceptual coherence of my arguments. My main supervisor has yet to provide detailed feedback on ANY of my work over the past 4 years (not one chapter read), but has just sent some feedback on the first two chapters, with 6 left to go, stating that i need to make my arguments more coherent. Some of his comments are useful, others are like "if you read the rest, it will make sense". FFS.

He expects me to make these changes in order to improve my thesis but at this point I'm so done. I feel he's dragging this out as far as he can for some reason and I don't want to wait until the last day of my 1 week extension to submit. Do I go ahead and submit what i have and face the consequences or wait until he's read the remaining chapters? I think I have enough but I'm not sure he agrees, and that worries me.

Many thanks for your advice!