The Conservative whips are doing their job well. Evening after evening, the government records consistent majorities in the teens or twenties as it protects its Brexit Bill unamended through the Commons. More innovatively, we saw this morning a flurry of tweets and statements from Tory MPs and ministers lauding Theresa May for her tough diplomacy in delivering a good interim Brexit deal. That helped set the news agenda.
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But who is going to be pushing for us to sign-up for umpteen billion a year in membership fees for starters? Plus the Euro, Schengen.... Nobody on the Tory benches for sure, and nobody much on Labour's either - certainly not Corbyn.
Whatever the Brexit settlement, it will be in place for decades. With the UK on the outside of any United States of Europe.