Brexit and the royal seal of approval

Yesterday, the Withdrawal Bill received the Royal Accent, which is part of the UK's legal process which turns a bill into law. Not, as some Brexiteers claim the Queen endorsed Brexit.

Not quite the same thing, as the Queen really can't refuse to sign the bill, as she can't refuse to read the Queen's speech at the start of each session of Parliament; its not written by her, but by the Government.

Meanwhile, reality is still closing in with BMW, who manufacture the Mini in the UK, saying that if there are to be checks at the border between the EU and UK, then manufacturing here will be impossible. The Torygraph today describes such stories as "Project Fear 2"!

The Defence Secretary has threatened to bring the Government down unless his department is given £20 billion extra per year.

And the most damning is that the Cabinet are even more divided over what Brexit is, with Boris and various other Ministers either publishing articles in newspapers or as Greg Clark did, speak at an event organised by the Times where he ** Castigating brexiteers ** Demanding access for service industries ** "Labour mobility", in other words is demanding the softest of Brexits.

And finally, a video was released of diplomats in the US Embassy discussing Brexit and the shock they all share of how mad it is, and how bad, and how much worse things will be if the headbangers get their way and drive a no deal through.

It is now two years since the referendum and the Cabinet still has not decided what Brexit means, there is nine months left before Brexit day, the EU had their three monthly meeting where Brexit hardly featured as two Balkan countries accession to the EU was discussed, not smoothly it has to be said, and there is still no news on what will happen with the NO/Irish border, but there is two choices: no infrastructure or lots. And depending on what May and her cabinet want will decide what the solution might be.

It emerged yesterday that the UK cannot roll over any of the trade deals that it currently enjoys with over 40 other countries, it must in part renegotiate part of all of them, at the same time.

So although it seems that May has got her way domestically, in the wider word there are just more problems, bigger problems, problems that require decisions to be made.

Meanwhile, Eurotunnel pointed out that they could not make any preparations for Brexit until they knew what form Brexit was going to take; how can we prepare for the unknown? And also pointed out that there was no room for additional infrastructure at the terminal in Folkestone, nor at Dover Eastern Docks, so there has to be some other solution, if one is needed.