Yesterday there was a Cabinet meeting which lasted seven and a half hours. After which Theresa May made a podium speech where she opened the door to talks with Jeremy Corbyn whilst firmly shutting the door on a no-deal.
I have been angry since.
Now it is possible that this is a genius solution. They offer talks to Corbyn, he comes up with something which she can't agree to because it is lunacy and then he refuses to continue. We then drop through to no-deal forced on us by the EU. Thereby damaging the EU and Labour in the process. Genius right? Yes, but so unlikely. Do we really believe the PM has a really good tactical brain? No. She has made so many bad decisions that we can only believe that this is another one!
She has now thrown her party under the bus along with Brexit. Betrayal is a hard word, and with her current deal I would never had said it. A bad deal but basically achieving most of the Leave campaign. But Corbyn wants a customs union, which would betray one of the three pillars of the Leave campaign. It is betrayal.
We would end up in a position where our trade policy would be made in Brussels without our say so. Even less power than now and we would not be able to make our own trade deals. We are the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world and we cannot allow our trade policy to be determined elsewhere. It is ludicrous.
I cannot believe the cabinet has gone a long with this. There should be many resignations. The PM should resign immediately. I am so disappointed in Michael Gove, a talented secretary of state and leader of the Leave campaign. How could he countenance this?
None of this cabinet can be allowed to replace the leader of the remnants of the Tory party when this is over.
I will keep my membership until the next leader is announced, and depending on their policy I shall decide on whether to keep it.
Squiffy.
