This is possible. Talking to people involved in exports over the last couple months, they were divided over whether it would chaos or whether the expectation of chaos would lead many people to sit it out and thereby avoid chaos.
Hard to work out if this year will be one we remember forever or if it will be completely forgotten. For those of us lucky enough to stay inside and not lose anyone, there was so little content to remember it by.
Already, most of my memories are from March, when things felt ferocious and scary. The announcement of proper lockdown. A weird anxious behaviour I developed where I'd sporadically clean all the surfaces of the flat.
But from summer onwards, once we had a better handle on what was going on, I've already losing memories, because we have basically done the same thing every day.
Commons debate of the Brexit deal kicks off in a bit and lasts until 2:30pm, when it goes off to the Lords. You can follow here. parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/72…
I'm going to tweet along to the Commons bit because fuck it, what else is there to do. Just to eat and drink and be merry and relaxed, and why would anyone want to do something like that.
Not bothered by Labour voting for the deal. It can't be stopped. It's better than no-deal, which is the only alternative. In that scenario, abstain or voting for are the only options and both have pluses and minuses.
What I really do want to see from Labour tomorrow is a full-throated attack on how we got to this point, a detailed criticism of the deal and a proof that they're prepared to link these issues to what we will face in the new year.
I want to see a party that has found its voice on this issue, which understands that it can criticise how Brexit is being delivered without getting bogged down in whether it should be delivered.