Thread by @jonlis1

#PMQs. Surely, surely, Starmer will have to ask *something* about Brexit. Will revert.

Johnson outright lying about EU’s demands on LPF and claiming Britain is the only country in the world to be denied full sovereignty over its waters. He knows UK is in fact bound by UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and it’s not about sovereignty but access, but doesn’t care

Johnson making some bullshit joke about Starmer beaming in from his ‘spiritual home’ of Islington. That’s actually where Johnson himself lived until recently. Starmer lives in Camden.

BREAKING: Starmer has asked a question about Brexit. #PMQs

Starmer points out ‘getting Brexit done’ didn’t just refer to the act of leaving the EU, and reminds Johnson of his past commitments about a deal and his comments about the failure of no-deal. But his questions aren’t really landing and the virtual link-up isn’t helping.

Starmer getting better now. Notes that jobs and investment are flooding out. ‘How many more jobs have to go overseas before he delivers the Brexit deal he promised?’

Johnson well-versed in Brexit bullshit, and declares that Starmer can’t attack the government until he comes up with a position of his own. Obviously Starmer’s position is that there should be a deal and it doesn’t currently exist.

Strong hint there that Starmer will vote to back the deal. ‘We’ll vote in national interest not party interest.’

Starmer asks whether Johnson will listen to business and asks how many of the customs officials have been recruited. Johnson ignores the question and talks, even now, about the ‘new opportunities’. Johnson looks the far more comfortable of the two.

Johnson may well be weakened by Brexit when the consequences finally hit, but right now you sense he’d rather be talking about this than anything else.

Johnson ends the exchange by joyfully shouting the greatest hits from 2016: all the lies about taking back control of money, borders and laws, all the new opportunities. He knows it’s a lie, we know it’s a lie, nobody cares. This country is a joke and it couldn’t be less funny.

Ian Blackford now asking why Scotland has been ‘shafted’ and ‘sold out’. With characteristic gall Johnson talks about the opportunities of the ‘single market’ - the UK’s. The point was that Scotland asked to be part of two, and the Tories couldn’t have cared less.