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David Henig
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The Government is probably fortunate that Labour won't support a national Government led by Hammond or Gauke - because that would split the Conservative Party particularly effectively.

Still expecting a confidence vote on 21 Oct - so time yet...
There's a lot of Conservative Party bitterness surfacing right now - it would be fair to say that many potential rebels are seeing the words about wanting a deal not matched by actions of acceptance of no-deal or else.
From the other wing of the Conservative Party. The underlying article on how Johnson gets the EU to drop the backstop lacks realism. But rebels will also be asking themselves how likely it is Johnson double-crosses his own Cabinet - unlikely surely?
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What those of us closely following the Brexit process have observed - there is no serious UK renegotiation plan - is now confirmed by @pmdfoster.

This would mean - to be blunt - Johnson lied in his statement to the country yesterday.
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If DAG is going full repetition mode on the fact a PM cannot call a General Election any more, I can do the same...

the EU does not conclude negotiations with third countries in a European Council meeting.
While we're at it, worth adding...

Officials do most of the work in international negotiations and will not be able to do this in the event of a General Election being in progress
I think this may need some repetition as well...

If there is an election then no-deal planning will have to be scaled back dramatically because of purdah rules

Actually that should be repeated a lot, particularly on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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"It turned out this governing lark is tough, and that bringing in a divisive chap as my chief adviser caused divisions, mostly in my own party. The remainers are to blame really, the ones that voted for Brexit, not those that didn't in my Cabinet, vote for me in an election"
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