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A Prime Minister without a majority claims a policy that will damage the UK far more than the EU will suddenly force the EU to abandon core strategic objectives.
A Prime Minister who claims to want friendship with Ireland demands the power to pursue a policy he claims will do so much damage to Ireland that it will abandon core strategic objectives
A Prime Minister that claims to want to preserve the UK Union demands the power to pursue a policy that confirms every Scottish nationalist talking point about how the English do not care about fundamental Scottish strategic objectives
There is no sign the EU or Ireland will budge. There is no sign that the SNP is weakening.

The debate today is simply a further sign of how Brexit is rapidly eroding Westminster's ability to shape events.

No Deal would be the final loss of control.
Politics will continue on the days after 31 October 2019.

Westminster will need deals with the EU that Ireland can shape or even block.

Westminster will need to convince Scotland that the UK Union will do the Scottish people more benefit than harm.
Waiting for Brussels, Dublin and Edinburgh to go away is not a viable strategy
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