So Merkel has said a deal is overwhelmingly unlikely since we’d essentially have

[Burney]

to let the EU annexe Northern Ireland for one to happen.
I look forward to Monty coming on here and telling us how he was right all along

[Ash]

I think a Brino that gets NI off the books would be a win of sorts tbh. And they can take Scotland with them. Then we can have another referendum.

[Pokster]

to let the EU annexe Northern Ireland for one to happen.
I look forward to Monty coming on here and telling us how he was right all along

I believe there is no way a deal will ever be done, and eventually there will be a second referendum with a stay or hard brexit vote..... unless Boris wins such a large majority in the GE then he can do what he likes

[Burney]

I believe there is no way a deal will ever be done, and eventually there will be a second referendum with a stay or hard brexit vote..... unless Boris wins such a large majority in the GE then he can do what he likes

There won’t be a second referendum.

[Monty92]

to let the EU annexe Northern Ireland for one to happen.
I look forward to Monty coming on here and telling us how he was right all along

Right that an amended version of May's deal would gain a majority in Parliament?

[Sir C]

I believe there is no way a deal will ever be done, and eventually there will be a second referendum with a stay or hard brexit vote..... unless Boris wins such a large majority in the GE then he can do what he likes

Boris won't get an election without extending, and if he extends and Farage puts up a load of candidates, we'll end up living in apost-Soviet Socialist Republik under Comrade Party Chairman McDonnell.

[Burney]

Right that an amended version of May's deal would gain a majority in Parliament?

This has morphed from ‘May’s deal will pass at the last minute’ to ‘May’s deal with minor amendments will pass’ to ‘May’s deal without the backstop will pass’ to ‘An entirely theoretical deal that the EU won’t accept anyway might pass’. All wrong.

As I’ve said all along, removing the backstop is not a minor change to May’s deal, since the backstop was the entire basis of May’s deal - something Merkel has just made explicit.

Seriously, m, get another hobby.

[Monty92]

Boris won't get an election without extending, and if he extends and Farage puts up a load of candidates, we'll end up living in apost-Soviet Socialist Republik under Comrade Party Chairman McDonnell.

If Boris is forced to extend and campaigns on a "No Deal if necessary" basis, Farage won't have any grounds politically to put up candidates against the Tories.

[Pokster]

There won’t be a second referendum.

The GE looks like it will end up as a second referendum.. Tory Party no deal Brexit v stay or second ref'

[Monty92]

This has morphed from ‘May’s deal will pass at the last minute’ to ‘May’s deal with minor amendments will pass’ to ‘May’s deal without the backstop will pass’ to ‘An entirely theoretical deal that the EU won’t accept anyway might pass’. All wrong.

As I’ve said all along, removing the backstop is not a minor change to May’s deal, since the backstop was the entire basis of May’s deal - something Merkel has just made explicit.

Seriously, m, get another hobby.

Nope. I would still not rule out the possibility of some kind of fudge that allowed Boris to claim he'd secured a time-limited backstop, giving yer ERG-ers the cover to begrudgingly vote for it.