divorce bill

PM’s posturing obscures suspicion he has no clue where he wants to go. His facile positions can’t be construed into a discernible policy.

New PM got his facts wrong again, on his first day in Parliament. Our divorce fee is £33bn and we’d owe it even if there’s no deal.

Newspaper cites unnamed source saying extension means losing rebate and voice at top table. This rides roughshod over EU’s own rules.

BBC Today presenter counters arguments by top scientist with dangerous rubbish about funding science from £39bn Brexit divorce bill.

PM says bill is £39bn. But add in perhaps two more years “transition” and various costs identified by NAO and the bill could be much higher.

May’s revelation that UK won’t pay all the divorce settlement if we crash out of EU stores up problems down the track. Not a clever move.

Johnson and Rees-Mogg hate Chequers. But they won’t spell out a workable alternative because they know voters would run a mile.

PM’s credibility in tatters after dishonestly promising to pay for NHS spending partly via a “Brexit dividend” that doesn’t exist.

May made string of climb-downs in her Florence speech. It’s good she’s bowing to reality but in process she’s destroying case for Brexit.

PM accepts loss of control and divorce fees of tens of billions - and still hasn’t a clue over Northern Ireland or endgame.

The money card gives Britain a pair rather than a flush. No wonder its overall negotiating position is so weak.