Downing Street Debacle

 

I have no idea what is going on in terms of organisation and leadership in No 10 Downing Street and, whilst the press struggle to articulate why the departure of Cain and Cummings matters, I refer to my poet friend Ian Harrow for an explanation.

“Sometimes I think the only way to make sense of what's happening is to assume no one has the faintest idea what they are talking about.”

But even in the fog there is one interpretation of the debacle which worries me and that is that the vote leave clear-out paves the way for a graceful capitulation over Brexit.  As has always been the case with BRINO, no deal will be better than a bad deal.  If the FT is correct and we are heading for a compromise of sovereignty, then the Conservative Party will forfeit my support for ever.  Not because of their incompetence in the Brexit negotiations but because I should never be able to trust a word coming from a Conservative mouth ever again.