This week was supposed to be the week that the European Research Group of backbench Brexiteers finally revealed their hand and published a Brexit plan to rival Theresa May’s. With the Prime Minister currently without the numbers to get her Chequers proposal through Parliament (even if there were no further concessions), there were concerns from May supporters that a viable alternative Brexit plan could be the final nail in the coffin.
Only that rival plan hasn’t come to fruition after so-called creative differences among the Brexiteers over the mooted 140-page draft proposals. Matters weren’t helped when ‘mad’ plans to build a ‘Star Wars’-style missile shield to protect Britain from nuclear attack and an ‘expeditionary force’ to defend the Falklands emerged in the weekend papers.
Despite this, the Brexiteers have found a few things to unite around. Firstly, the merits of a no-deal Brexit.
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