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1/3 There’s nothing that I can see - publicly or privately - to suggest that PM is remotely serious about any compromise around single market/customs union...or indeed that she would have the time to do anything meaningful on it even if she was.
2/3 it is clear that her strategy is to run down the clock with empty promises and then attempt to blackmail MPs. What’s not yet clear is if she’ll try to blackmail moderate MPs with threat of no deal or, as per Olly Robbins’ bar chat, Brexit zealots with threat of delay, or both
3/3 it is beyond unacceptable on an issue of such magnitude that MPs allow themselves to be forced into a fire or frying pan choice. The priority for all sensible MPs must surely be to insist on an Article 50 extension to take the crippling threat of no deal off the table now.
