Roll on, roll off Brexit

It seems that over the weekend, someone on Government briefed piss poor ex-blogger and certainly not a journalist, Harry Cole, that the Government had a plan to chater ferries to bring in food and supplies if those dastardly French staged a go-slow at Calais, or things were as bad as feared, and that other European ports would only be too happy to facilitate trade with the UK.

Only, there was a problem.

Several problems.

First, all Belgian, Dutch and Danish ports are in the same EU that Calais and France is in, and if they hadn't noticed, the one thing that has united Europe has been Brexit.

Next is that UK seafarers qualifications would not be recognised in a no deal, so would not be able to man a ship into a EU port.

Nor would the registration of the ship, were it UK.

Almost as though the Brexiteers have no idea what they are doing or talking about.

It also emerged that Chris Grayling's Department of Transport has not even started to talk to the EU about what would happen to UK planes and technicians, as those talks are the gift of the EU to begin. I mean, wasn't Brext supposed to bring back control? But don't worry, Grayling doesn't think there is anything to worry about, though he clearly has no idea what he's talking about.

The PM is holding firm on her line that there will be no second referendum, she told the Norwegian Parliament that today, though, in the end, with chaos looming, that would be a decision for Parliament to make, not the Government, but then that is a constitutional fight that we have to look forward to in the New Year.