Can May bounce Cabinet into backing more Brexit climbdowns?
PM’s tactics are to bounce ministers to back her half-baked deal by going big on catastrophic, but unlikely, costs of leaving with no deal.
Time for May to stop playing games with the Irish border
Rejecting a backstop agreement means no Brexit deal, and falling back on WTO rules. They would enforce creation of a hard border in Ireland.
95% of Brexit settled? We’re still nowhere near
Remaining 5% includes Irish border for which May still has no good answer. And this is still all just the first phase of the Brexit process.
Brexiters embarrassed as hijacking of NI Bill backfires
Amendments designed to frustrate May’s deal with the EU have been pulled. But mere attempt shows contempt for people of Northern Ireland.
Remember how Brexiters said Irish border wasn’t a problem?
Boris Johnson, Arlene Foster et al dismissed concerns about border out of hand in 2016. The wilful ignorance is breathtaking.
Scottish Tories’ independence fears make PM’s Brexit trickier...
May needs her 13 Scottish MPs to get Brexit through. Their intervention is reminder that they have their own specific Brexit conundrum.
Canada+++ is only an option with an Irish ‘backstop’
Hard Brexiters are over-excited that the EU is calling for a Canada+++ deal. It only works if they sell Northern Ireland down the river.
DUP says it won’t be DUPED
If May fudges a Brexit deal that could leave Northern Ireland semi-detached from rest of UK, it will pull plug on her government.
Is May about to make biggest u-turn yet on customs union?
PM prepared to stay in customs union indefinitely and accept regulatory checks in Irish Sea, says Times. That would make mockery of Brexit.
Boris Johnson’s ‘SuperCanada’ proposal is super flawed
With only six months to go before we are supposed to quit the EU, Johnson’s six-point plan for a “better Brexit” is full of holes.
May has only herself to blame for Irish border fiasco
PM has picked a fight with the EU over the Irish backstop. But it’s her own catalogue of errors that has got us into this mess.
Chequers dead in Salzburg. How long to People’s Vote u-turn?...
PM wavered on “my deal or no deal” line at summit. A flip-flop on Irish border seems in the offing. Might a People’s Vote be next?