Jo Johnson’s resignation, the DUP kicking off and the European Commission’s Article 50 task-force talking about a lack of progress mean that it hasn’t been a good end to the week for Theresa May. As I write in The Sun this morning, one government source says ‘if there’s no November Council, then no deal goes into overdrive’.
But given Theresa May’s desire to avoid no deal there probably will be some sort of agreement in the not too distant future. But it will be flawed—and Theresa May should say so.
Why would a Prime Minister admit that a deal they’ve negotiated isn’t great? Because if May tries to say that this agreement is perfect and that there’s no risk of any part of the UK getting stuck in the backstop, then she’ll easily be disproved.
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