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Boris Johnson still wants to be prime minister. And he's only got one chance at it.
And that chance is only going to come if Theresa May fails to get a withdrawal agreement through.
If May's deal got through - say - there'd be a general election on the back of it, and win or lose, Johnson's chance at being prime minister would disappear forever.
Therefore - I love logic, it's like having spoilers but for the whole universe - therefore, Boris Johnson is determined that May's deal will never get through parliament.
And since May has promised to quit within a few weeks anyway, Labour is trying to negotiate with a dead duck.

So. No withdrawal agreement, and in the absence of it Theresa May resigns.
You got to admit, this is some galactic level of cleverness I've been unfangling on here this last three years. I've gone full Nostradamus.
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There's a ghost of the 1930s in the Daily Telegraph. If you know your code.
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You've accused Fraser Nelson of junk news. Would you care to tell the court why?

Yes.
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You see. We've just seen it yet again. I don't know who he is. And elderly Englishman talking about the Irish border from a position of deep and crusted ignorance.
I'm afraid there is a real generational problem in this country. So many elderly men who are impervious to valid information.
Stagnant old men who are incapable of learning.
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This deep in the bone bigotry regarding foreigners. This inflated ignorance about fucking everything
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