Red, no pink, no rose lines.

The PM gave a speech on Saturday to the EU, reaching out and making conciliatory noises about the benefits of close cooperation between countries, and added that if it suited Britain’s interests, then it would stay in EU organisations, and also have no trouble in abiding by UCJ rules and judgements. Quite a change from only last week when this was still a red line.

Many people have been trying to tackle this change in tone, as it it was earth-shattering. Only problem is that May and other Brexiteers say things, make policy statements without thinking through the consequences of what they said. And until what is said by May and the British Government is pinned down into a legal framework, then what was said yesterday could be the opposite tomorrow.

What we should read into this was that, as ever, although said to an audience of people from the EU, the target audience was the Brexiteers in her cabinet and party, and see what the reaction was to the change in tone. So, as ever, party politics trumps what is good for the country and its people, perish the thought.

Elsewhere, Brexiteers have been waging war on the Good Friday Agreement, the document that brought peace to Ireland for 20 years, saying it had had its day and wasn’t fit for purpose. Which came as a surprise to most people living in Ireland. Peace and prosperity in Ireland must be sacrificed to preserve the illusion of Brexit. Regular readers will know that how the thorny issue of the Irish border is, or isn’t, sorted, will define whether Brexit is hard or soft or is a no deal or whether Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK have strict regulatory alignment with the EU. Or not.

Not only dies the GFA guarantee peace in Northern Ireland it does the same for Ireland too.

The Irish border will make or break Brexit, and failure to put into law or break the promises made in the first phase of the agreement with the EU in December, will make Britain a pariah in Global trade where our word cannot be trusted. And as it ever was, non-EU countries are waiting to see what kind of relationship the UK has with the EU before deciding what kind they want with the UK.

Finally, the US said a trade deal would have to be dependant on Britain accepting food and goods that are currently banned by the EU and in Britain by our membership. There might be good reason why some food and goods are not allowed in from the US, and that this will be the cost of a trade deal with the US should surprise no one, least of all, those who read my witterings.