Out of control.

Yesterday, a large part of the British press watched a computer readout of a plane flying from Africa to Heathrow, as the Minister for International Development flew back after being recalled by the PM, all of those watching and waiting expecting her to be sacked when she returned. Her crime was to have had 12 meetings with Israeli officials whilst on "holiday" in August, at one point meeting more senior officials than her junior minister also in that country. At the same time. And then, it emerged, there was a further meeting in September in London after her department had declined a meeting, but her constituency had then agreed.

Two clear breaks of the Ministerial Code, not telling either the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of any of the meetings, not informing the PM officially at all, and lying to both Parliament and in an interview with the Guardian.

Even after all this, she was not sacked, but allowed to resign. A PM so weak she cannot sack a member of her Cabinet that was so far over the line, had she had worked in the Foreign Office, she would have been dismissed on the spot. A Minister of the Crown carrying out her own independent policy initiatives with another state.

Only, there was news that the Ambassador to Israel knew the day after the meetings, and so did her own Department. And worse that Number 10 knew of the September meeting and told Ms Patel not to include it in her speech to the House. Could it be she was set up, of her resignation done to protect the PM or her advisors? We might not know for 30 years, but Ms Patel was smiling on the drive from the airport to Downing Street, whilst the PM looked as if her cat had died.

Of course, Boris de piffel Johnson still has not been sacked, despite his statement to the House, which should have been an apology in stating untruths in a select committee, and indeed the Iranian authorities are using his words to impose more charges. Sorry if my words were misunderstood? You said she had been teaching journalism. How could that be misunderstood?

In Brexit news, the Department of Exiting the EU failed to provide the 58 impact assessments stating that three more weeks work was needed, despite Hansard clearly showing DD stating that they had been done for months and were detailed.

Britain published another paper on Citizens rights, which the EU promptly rejected as it represented a backward step from the PM's Florence speech.

The 6th round of talks is under way, but there is expected to be little progress in the financial settlement, but it is likely that Britain will have to accept paying close to £50 billion. What there is no movement on, and almost certainly won't be, is the Irish Border. There can be no creative solutions to a problem with no clear solution. A Kobayashi Maru scenario in which there are no eight answers, just having to make a decision. Meaning that it is highly likely that there will be a hard boarder between the Republic and NO, just as the EU laws say there must be.

I suppose the final word should go to the US, in a statement a trade representative stated that Britain would have to do in a number of areas to get a trade deal with the US, including that old chestnut, chlorinated chicken. This means the choice is to either accept the rules of the EU or America. This is the reality of taking back control; having no control, accepting regulations and being told what it will have to accept in order to trade. Trade with America on such terms will mean so much red tape at the border between Britain and the EU making any kind of trade, especially on foodstuff all but impossible, as traceability checks would have to be done and accepted.

If there is no agreements this month, then businesses and banks will have no choice but to decide to stay or leave Britain, the trickle of jobs will become a flood. And yet the Brexiteers state that trading on WTO terms is "just fine", and anyone who says otherwise is just producing Project Fear 2. As ever, reality will win out, but by then it will be far too late to do anything about it.