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Rebel Tories about to test the classic definition of stupidity again: instead of backing Yvette Cooper's Brexit amendment, they're likely to be mollified by a non-binding fingers-crossed promise by Theresa May that she will make meaningful changes to her deal in the next 2 weeks.
The only wafer-thin silver lining is that the closer we get to no deal, the more the pressure will ratchet up for the rational wing of the Tories to break away to save the UK. So it's going to be gritted teeth and sleepless nights for another 4-6 weeks.
Come early March, we will be close enough to see the bullet down the barrel of the gun we're pointing at our own head. That's when all normal rules of politics go out of the window. Because, no matter what twists and turns Brexit takes, there will never be a majority for no deal.
