Hard Brexit most probable option as both Tory hard right and Barnier dump Chequers

[sasguru]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/t...plan-cqk0m9db2

"Theresa May’s Brexit plan was hanging by a thread last night as 20 Conservative MPs made a joint public commitment to scupper her proposals. The rebels, including the former ministers Priti Patel and Iain Duncan Smith, joined the Stand Up 4 Brexit group, a grassroots campaign ..."

Meanwhile on the other side, Barnier thinks it's crap too:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45389610


Hard Brexit it is then!

[BlasterBates]

Two scenarios I see, the fall of the government and an election on "Hard Brexit" or a fudge to kick the trade negotiations into the long grass with a text that can be interpreted in two diametrically opposed ways using Labour to get it through.

Anyway excellent stuff, Brexit is like wading through treacle.

[AtW]

They will sign deal to pay EU for Withdrawal in exchange for ~2 years of transition, but no actual deal for post-Brexit trade - that's the best case scenario.