1/4. It is time for another application of the visiting alien's test. What, looking only at conduct and the effects of of that conduct (i.e. not at explanations/ accounts of things), might a visiting alien infer about the intentions of the ERG?
2. 1st they have not reached outto other leavers, let alone to remainers, to build a coaltion of support for an agreed approach to Brexit. They have helped push the PM first to the 'vassal state' sections of the draft WA, then to the longer term dependency of the Chequers plan.
3. They have trashed the EEA & the the PM's customs partnership proposal. Now they press for a no deal exit, which would have the UK running around to fix up essential side-deals in difficult conditions, & would see the UK abandoning, in one moment, every FTA it currently has.
4. The answer: to weaken Britain at every step along the way.
