https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/22/theresa-may-brexit-talks-chequers
Has any cabinet hated each other as much as this chaotic government's? asks the excellent Polly Toynbee.
She's right. The one thing the god-forsaken Tories will never admit is that they are split and divided from top-to-bottom.
As a person at the Chequers meeting was reported as saying tonight: “It all finished rather positively. It seems like everyone thinks they got what they wanted...”
Or in other words, the Tory infighting will continue and none of tough questions on Ireland, the customs union etc etc have been answered. It's more or less guaranteed that the next few days will prove this statement correct.
Meanwhile, the refusal of the government to face up to the serious consequences of leaving the EU is becoming extreme. A few days ago, the national press reported on the decision of the Dublin Port Authority to spend millions on providing new customs facilities in preparation for a hard Brexit.
Unsurprisingly, there are no preparations of a similar nature on the British side at Holyhead. Yet it is Britain that has decided to leave!
Thank goodness the rumblings from the Labour ranch on staying in the customs union are getting louder.
Chris