After the chaos there is more chaos.

I began writing about Brexit because I was angry. And then I realised it would be far more difficult than the Brexiteers imagined. So I began to write

And in those two years and a month, I have not read any one of my old posts, but this is mainly because as time goes on, the news cycle gets quicker and quicker. To the point, like yesterday, when one blog just won’t do as things move apace.

I suppose one day I might read it, if it ends up with a (fairly) happy ending. But it will end in tears.

Yesterday, I wrote about the chaos regarding the four amendments from the ERG, that in the end the Government accepted. Three were voted one, the NI one was nodded through as if neither of the main parties could give a shit about NI. Says lots.

The Government won the other three votes, pone by just three votes after the current and former leader of the self-proclaimed anti-Brexit party failed to turn up to vote, as did 14 Labour MPs. 5 Labour MPs also voted with the Government.

This now makes major parts of the Government’s withdrawal white paper illegal, which is as mad as it sounds. Another junior minister resigned as he was backing the Chequers agreement, which might be the first time that there has been a resignation because someone supported the Government. The PM herself voted against her own White Paper, and saw no problem with that, and said there was no contradictions or major changes to the White Paper, just large parts of it now against the law.

No news on what the EU thinks of this.

And today, the Electoral Commission announced that the two main “leave” campaigns had colluded with each other to deliberately overspend during the referendum, and then either lie of obstruct the overspend of 10%. This is actually breaking the law, and many Government members were part of either campaigns, so could be implicated in breaking the law.

Papers have been sent to the police for consideration regarding prosecutions, and there have been calls for resignations. But the Brexiteers are shameless and will try to bluff it out, pointing fingers at anyone else, the remain campaign which they say did the same, although there is no evidence of this, or just that the Electoral Commission is packed full of remainers…..

Tonight, remainer Conservative MPs have tabled an amendment of their own, which will force the Government into entering into a Customs Union with the EU talks fail: another fall back position.

One of the other ERG amendments was the blocking of VAT equivalence. This will have the effect of forcing a hard border between the UK and EU, as without this, no one will know what tax to levy. This is a group of MPs actively trying to wreck the economy and exports, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk.

I can’t tell you how mad this is.

And finally, the Governments own Office for Budget Responsibility, set up in 2010 to oversee that spending was indeed, responsible, today stated that there will be no Brexit bonus from the figures it has seen, and suggests that any potential savings from contributions to the EU may have been spent more than once, and an increase in tax revenue is needed to match May’s promises on NHS spending.