The abject failure

It is hard not to over-emphasise how much of what the Brexiteers promised us has turned to dust. From our own laws, the easiest trade deal in history, they need us more than we need them, the German car manufacturers and Italian Prosecco makers would make the EU do a deal.

And so on.

But taking back control.

With the legal routes being blocked off by Brexiteers not understanding the legal issues they spent decades pushing, to take back control the UK Government is now lobbying hard for Hungary to veto an extension if one is forced to be requested under the Benn Act.

That one of the EU 27 would break ranks, or that the other EU members would not put pressure on Hungary is unthinkable.

A Cabinet Minister, can't remember who, thinks he has found a legal loophole in the Benn act and he would be spending the weekend talking to the Government's legal team.

So far Brexiteers have been as crap about understanding the legal issues with Brexit as they have been about understanding how the EU works, or GATT article 24.

Still, keeps them off the streets, I suppose.

And finally the EU have rejected the PM's proposals this week, and see no basis for further talks. Otherwise, all good here.

Happy weekend.

PS. There will be no Brexit blogs from Friday onwards. As we will be on our holibbs. So, we will miss the chaos of most of the last three weeks of the A50 peiod, but there should be plenty in the forthcoming week.