If you are sceptical, I understand. I was too. But this is the only viable way forward.
We have just 17 days from tomorrow now to do what voters told us to do on the doorsteps last Thursday – namely, ‘get Brexit sorted’.
All that passing May’s deal would do is lose the DUP, split the Party, boost Farage, and usher in an election. And the deal is bad in any event.
I see the former WTO director and Delors chef de Cabinet return to the unresolved debate about high or low alignment.
My minority report, unlike the majority one of the Women’s and Equality Committee, respects the province’s devolution settlement.
Also: Will Lyra McKee’s murder in Londonderry be enough to re-start the political process in Northern Ireland? It doesn’t seem likely.
“I don’t think those murderers in Derry were motivated by any thoughts about the border or about customs arrangements.”
The EU has already opened the door to starting discussions about such alternative arrangements the minute that the Withdrawal Agreement is approved.
A devolved government, shut for over two years now, is a damning indictment on all the five main parties here.
Also: Dugdale wins lawsuit against cybernat blogger; devolution row as English hospitals shut out Welsh patients over funding; and a week in SNP bad news.
There is a mismatch between Government announcements and Commons realities. It cannot attempt reforms without risking them being amended out of recognition.
He adds that “she failed to deliver on the promises she made…She came back with deal which potentially led to a division between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.”
If she insists on a functioning Assembly before a no-deal Brexit, why on earth would Sinn Fein oblige her?
Also: May cites absurd fears about ‘direct rule’ to justify abandonment of No Deal; Tory rebels wooed separatist votes; and polls open in Newport West.
Ultimately, they may reveal less about Brexit and more about the longer-term trends in Northern Ireland’s political landscape.