And Boris Blinked

There is a ditch with an un-filled Boris-shaped hple from October last year, after he (Alexander Boris de Piffel Johnson) said that he would rather die in a ditch than extend the A50 notification period.

Narrator: He did extend the A50 period.

And so this year was the claim that if no deal had been done with the EU by 15th October 2020, the UK would walk away from talks.

Narrator: Today, the UK stated it was willing to extend those talks beyond the 15th.

Boris blinks first, this despite the UK, apparently, holding all the cards.

He blinked forst last October, then again in November when he accepted the EU's initial plan on the Irish frontstop/protocol.Now he has blinked again, but the time when he has to face down the ERG and Brexiteer headbangers when the eventual "deal" will be done is yet to come.

But come, it must.

Unless Johnson is more foolish than we thought, which must be impossible. He will call the EU President and head of the EU Counctil tomorrow, ahead of the EU leader;s summit, and maybe something will be done. Maybe not.

Today's preparation news is that the Government is planning for hundred of portable toilets to be placed along main roads and motorways in Kent and in the rest of the country for lorry drivers come January. Those of us in Kent hope this to mean we will be seeing less of the plastic bottles of piss we have seen in the last decade as Kent County Council closed almost all the lay bys along the county's trunk roads.

The clock is ticking, reality is knocking a the door, and Brexit reality is hiding in the fridge.

With Johnson.