If I read this right Number 10 know they cannot get any meaningful concession from the EU that will allow the DUP to support the Brexit deal but expect that eventually faced with the threat of no deal enough MPs will vote for the deal or perhaps abstain so it passes
Next projection - the PMs approach on Brexit is tacitly supported by Jeremy Corbyn, as the only way he can continue to be both theoretically opposed to the PMs deal, supportive of Brexit, and not be blamed too much.
There probably aren't enough MPs who think this a political and constitutional outrage to change this, but those that have such thoughts better have some good ideas how to get the numbers, because it looks to me like the PM has the upper hand here.
Thus most likely the UK leaves the EU with a poor deal in March, and then we can all keep bickering and letting Brexit dominate as guess what, this deal solves nothing and merely gives us another cliff edge in 2 years time. Slightly different view here...
