Irish border

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.

Rejecting a backstop agreement means no Brexit deal, and falling back on WTO rules. They would enforce creation of a hard border in Ireland.

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.

Amendments designed to frustrate May’s deal with the EU have been pulled. But mere attempt shows contempt for people of Northern Ireland.

Boris Johnson, Arlene Foster et al dismissed concerns about border out of hand in 2016. The wilful ignorance is breathtaking.

May needs her 13 Scottish MPs to get Brexit through. Their intervention is reminder that they have their own specific Brexit conundrum.

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.

If May fudges a Brexit deal that could leave Northern Ireland semi-detached from rest of UK, it will pull plug on her government.

PM prepared to stay in customs union indefinitely and accept regulatory checks in Irish Sea, says Times. That would make mockery of Brexit.

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.

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.

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?