Steve Hawkes Nails It

What's the odds these cross-party Brexit talks formally end at - oh - 10pm on Thursday night #marriage #convenience

— steve hawkes (@steve_hawkes) April 30, 2019

Theresa May Has Lost Her Mind

“This is nuts,” one senior Labour source told me yesterday. “They tried separating out the withdrawal agreement from the political declaration before Easter and it didn’t work. There’s no way we’d support it.” https://t.co/s4rJZkgy5N

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) April 25, 2019

This Is All Getting a Bit Tedious!

Lib Dem By-Election Candidate Likes His Brexit ‘Hard’* https://t.co/u5jaWwmvXJ pic.twitter.com/4iEBmUgWUW

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) April 23, 2019

It was so nice to have a few Brexit free days, sadly it was not to last!

Pelosi Wades In

Let me be clear: if the Brexit deal undermines the Good Friday Accords, there will be no U.S.-U.K. trade agreement. #Dáil100

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) April 17, 2019

All very well, except there is no deal at the moment!

Stand Down A Flight!

UK stands down 6,000 no-deal Brexit staff - after spending £1.5bn. https://t.co/gZfHVJVJiJ

— Andrew Brooks (@taxbod) April 12, 2019

Brexit Latest!

Unanimous vote at the party plenum! pic.twitter.com/abR961Y1By

— Rachel Minyoung Lee (@rachelminyoung1) April 11, 2019

Extension Granted Until Halloween

Brexit latest:

Tusk: “Please do not waste this time”

UK: The Commons rise today at 5pm and will not return until Tuesday April 23

— Sam Coates Times (@SamCoatesTimes) April 11, 2019

I guarantee that Westminster will squander this extension!

Long, Short or Non?

Today's Brexit question that will be answered by the end of the day (theoretically), will the UK be granted an extension; if so will it be long or short?

Leadsom Loses Touch With Reality

Andrea Leadsom here, saying how "fantastic" it would be if Angela Merkel would agree to reopen the Withdrawal Agreement when she meets Theresa May this morning, to deliver "a proper UK Brexit." pic.twitter.com/xFiiG9AVXP

— Daniel Hewitt (@DanielHewittITV) April 9, 2019

The Berlin and Paris meetings are simply the Germans and French being polite, and hoping they can coax a better performance (than the previous occasions) out of May when she faces the full EU again tomorrow.

There Is No Plan!

Let me explain what's happening with Brexit.pic.twitter.com/gjGkvFk8fT

— Theresa May (@theresa_may) April 7, 2019

May's 30 June Extension Request

Here it is:

The PM’s letter to Donald Tusk in which she ‘reluctantly’ requests an extension of Article 50 to 30 June, 2019 pic.twitter.com/46ywkAKNDk

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) April 5, 2019

Stuck In Purgatory Forever

Brussels sources are also expecting long delay. Lots of anxiety about offering short one because of elections, repeat extensions etc... https://t.co/CbXFQoFLTf

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) April 3, 2019

It seems we will be stuck in purgatory (neither pproperly in, nor properly out) forever now.

Well done the ERG!

The Blame Game

May Hands Control of Brexit To Corbyn and Parliament

Yesterday, in a speech of very thin gruel, May handed control of Brexit to Corbyn and parliament.

Whilst the ERG et al fulminate that this is a betrayal, it may not be entirely what it seems.

For why?

Given that we have only until 12 April to formulate a plan that the EU will accept, pound to a penny Corbyn screws this up and Parliament ends up deadlocked. As such we will leave the EU without a deal, and May can blame Corbyn and Parliament for screwing it up!

Of course given how unpredictable the ongoing Brexit shenanigans are, it is highly likely I am wrong!

Stop Dithering - Make a Decision

"There are only majorities against things [in the Commons], and that's not how we're going to manage an orderly withdrawal of the UK" says the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier#Brexit updates: https://t.co/L7JqCiL9Mj pic.twitter.com/XohAnJ4vnd

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) April 2, 2019

May's Time For Fence Sitting Ends

Today’s cabinet meeting could be the most important of Theresa May’s term in office - and possibly of the last 50 odd years. Because the time to prevaricate on Brexit is almost exhausted - with an emergency EU summit having been...

— Robert Peston (@Peston) April 2, 2019

Leaders who dither and procrastinate, always end up in the shit as May is now finally realising.

Cameron The Destroyer

"David Cameron is one of the greatest destroyers in modern times."@JunckerEU hits out at the former prime minister on Brexit: pic.twitter.com/lo7ay9dKCW

— Alan McGuinness (@Alan_McGuinness) April 1, 2019

A Failure of Compromise?

 

BREAKING

Nick Boles resigns from the Conservative Party

'I accept I have failed. I have failed chiefly because my party has failed to compromise

'I regret that I have therefore resigned from this party'

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) April 1, 2019

Boles may well be right about the Tories. However, he should not ignore the fact that May's deal would have passed if Labour had voted for it. The failure of compromise lies with all parties at Westminster, not just the Tories.

This is evidenced by the fact that all of last night's indicative votes were defeated.

Chief Whip Vents His Spleen

Government should have been clearer that after the 2017 election, the UK was “inevitably” heading for a softer type of #Brexit - chief whip Julian Smith tells @bbclaurak

[tap to expand] https://t.co/XiilgZBt9t pic.twitter.com/CE2tr3UmFD

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) April 1, 2019