It is the morning after the statement before. So, what happens now? That’s the question I attempt to answer in my Sun column this morning.
Theresa May is trying to shock the EU into engaging with her Chequers plan by saying she really is serious about no deal. Her statement yesterday was meant to be a very public burning of her boats; a message that she won’t sign up to either of the options they’re trying to push her towards.
But if we don’t get any sign from the EU in the next fortnight that they are prepared to be flexible, May will come under huge pressure from her Cabinet colleagues to change tack.
There are a growing number of Cabinet Ministers who think that with the EU rejecting Chequers, May should turn to a more Canada-style approach—pushing for the free trade deal that the EU has repeatedly said is on offer.
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