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Those waking up to the exciting news that Conservative Party MPs have agreed among themselves on a Brexit deal are going to be awfully disappointed to learn that said plan is almost certainly a non-starter with the EU and has been widely debunked
One of the sources for the apparent Malthouse compromise is the document 'A Better Deal' which was the latest in a long line of documents from right wing thinktanks to pretend that you can have manage a border entirely with technology. Why have others not done so then? 
The idea of an immediate Free Trade Agreement is a joke - yes of course any trade expert can knock up a permanent agreement in a lunchtime, so why do you think FTAs take 3-6 years to agree? Because there are hugely complex issues which will have a long term economic impact
A list of trade professionals prepared to put ideology before credibility. Too early to canvass but I know of not a single one of the fully neutral @UKTradeForum experts who is likely to endorse this plan - when any of us do, you're probably in business
The idea of an interim Article 24 WTO agreement pending a comprehensive agreement is described here by @CoppetainPU - in an interim agreement pending a full agreement all WTO members could demand changes... uktradeforum.net/2019/01/26/why…
Obviously the overall effect of this plan is to scrap the backstop. Which as the EU and Ireland have said repeatedly is not on offer. I am very surprised that so many Conservative MPs have apparently ignored this obvious flaw
Should MPs and media want a detailed briefing on why this plan doesn't work, and an exploration of the options for the future, neutral trade experts from @UKTradeForum and many other institutions such as doubtless Susses University stand ready to help
