We are approaching Brexit crunch time. Everyone is going to come under intense pressure to agree a “reasonable deal”, Labour MPs especially. They should resist. There is no “reasonable deal”. There is the pointless, the painful or fudge through postponement of the core issues. Each option is bad.
MPs should vote it down and give the people the final say. This will be fiercely resisted for a mixture of good reasons – causing more turmoil and division – and bad reasons – the anxiety that people might change their minds. There will be a vast effort over the coming weeks to do “the deal” and then force it through parliament on the basis that it ends the uncertainty, allows “the will of the people” to be followed and is better than the nightmare of no deal. Business will heave a sigh of relief. Some Labour MPs and Tory rebels will be attracted by it. “Best of a bad job” will echo through the corridors of power. And Europe will be tempted.
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