Met the new deal, same as the old deal

Events move quickly in politics, and as I write this it has emerged the 1922 committee will change their rules to allow another vote f no confidence in the PM, and such a vote could happen tonight. On the eve of the EU elections.

Conservative MPs are saying, also today, the Conservative voters should not vote for that party, but vote for Nigel instead.

This is mad, and yet normal in Brexitlalaland.

Yesterday, the PM had a press conference, not made a speech at the dispatch box, in whch she tried to outline a "new deal" in which she tried to satisfy everyone, and instead annoyed them.

Showing she has learned nothing.

At all.

In three years of being PM.

May, once again, as she has done for 6 years, and the Brexiteers around her, tried to make stupidly hight promises that simply cannot be met. Be met by the Eu and relaity.

In not managing expectations, May ensures that each time reality crushes her promises, that it makes her seem to blame, or the EU. Maybe that's the point, if there were no one to negotiate with, with their own demands and needs, then Brexit would be easy. But painting Brexit as a purely UK thing ignores that it is also crucial for the EU, Ireland, Japan and so on.

May suggested anything was possible yesterday, including a 2nd referendum, if MPs voted for it, but those who did not listen to her exact words thought they heard her say that what she was promising, was going to be Government policy.

I am bored with writing this stuff now, but any change to the backstop will have to be conducted with the EU, you can change domestic law as much as you want, make the backstop illegal, but it is a matter of international law, and it is going no where, even in no deal it will be top of the list of pre-requisites for talks starting between the EU and UK. So, get used to it.

But that would be too easy, rather pretend that changing UK law will have any effect on the EU. May is shit. Has always been shit, and will continue being shit until she is replaced, which might be tonight. Each time, given the opportunity to be honest, she lies some more, piles up expectations that reality could never deliver.