It’s best thought of as a contagion that spreads across the divide between parties and factions.
This is not the first time that the Prime Minister has been misread by opponents who deluded themselves into believing he was set on No Deal.
One can conceive of Ministers seeking an all-party public front, and Labour objecting to responsibility with no power.
Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat. Defeat…Total Complete & Utter Victory.
Most voters will have what to them are more pressing reasons to reject Corbyn than anti-semitism. But none expose more fully why he must be stopped.
A Black, sorry, Red Swan may carry him off. But in less than six months he has rescued the Conservatives, and is on the brink of delivering the referendum mandate.
Had the Benn Act not been passed, it would be far stronger – as he presents his new “fair and reasonable compromise” to the EU.
The Fixed Terms Parliament Act may pave the way to delivering Brexit by October 31. And for that, we can thank…
We refer, of course, to Letwin – the Prime Minister In All But Name. Not because he’s making a mess of things. But because, unlike others, he’s unaccountable.
She yesterday achieved the outcome most likely to prop her up – at least for the time being. But Cooper, Letwin and Bercow are waiting in the wings.
There’s little that Conservative MPs can do to stop the Speaker – they don’t have the votes to depose him.
Key to her victory is yesterday’s Remainer / Soft Brexit Cabinet and other rebels falling into line after a Party backlash today.
The biggest defeat in modern times and the largest Tory rebellion won’t stop her trying to resurrect her deal.
If Boris Johnson wants to pursue a No Deal exit, then he will have a fight on his hands with MPs.