They're now looking at November for a withdrawal agreement, and getting it agreed at December's euco.
So parliament is not going to see a withdrawal agreement this side of Christmas at least.
So parliament is not going to see a withdrawal agreement this side of Christmas at least.
That's fun because if there's no withdrawal agreement in December - which there won't be - there'll be no time left for a general election before we get kicked out of Europe in March.
Which means there will then be a general election next summer, right when the economy is going down the drain. And that's when Corbyn steps in, nationalises everything, abolishes the monarchy and breaks up the country.
The calculation the Tories have to make is this.
Fail to get a withdrawal agreement this year, Corbyn gets in next year, and they lose everything they care about.
Fail to get a withdrawal agreement this year, Corbyn gets in next year, and they lose everything they care about.
Yes. The Tories will sack Theresa May when it finally dawns on them that she will never produce a withdrawal agreement.
All the media and political talk this autumn is going to be about the mysterious absence of this withdrawal agreement.
And once we hit January, it's going to be about the chaos that's too late to stop.
And once we hit January, it's going to be about the chaos that's too late to stop.
I know how the media works. It's all about sensation and climax and very little forethought, so you have to wait till a situation is completely out of control before the media reacts to it.
But I guarantee the media will start reacting to the absence of this withdrawal agreement. And they will calculate that if the Tories don't produce it, Corbyn will become prime minister some time next year, with all the consequences of that.
No withdrawal agreement, media howling the place down, all their backbenches in panic, the economy going south, Scotland agitating for independence, and the DUP getting itchy - there is no way Theresa May is going to last out the year.
General election in November whether Theresa May resigns or not.
Election in November, Labour-SNP coalition in return for an independence referendum that with a compliant government in Westminster, the SNP are near certain to win.
It's odd to think, this 200 year union of ours might only have two months left.
