So Brexit party MEPs will not get the flag-lowering 'last days of empire' ceremony they wanted.
*Guy Verhofstadt steps back and Brexit Steering Group disbanded.
*Enter... the UK co-ordination committee: featuring David McAllister, Nathalie Loiseau and Bernd Lange.
They will be joined by other MEPs and will have to keep in line 705 MEPs in this unprecedented negotiation.
And it's *not* British MEPs last day today, because they will all come to Brussels for final week of Jan. It's their last day in Strasbourg.