So the revoke article 50 petition is now at 5.4mil and according to my casual

[WES]

This weekend really has seemed like the remainers' last stand.

The "eleventy million" estimated as being on the march on Saturday by its official auditor, Diane Abbott - including the five million "all genuine" signatures on the petition - are pretty much giving up all pretentions of being defenders of democracy. It's now all about getting Article 50 revoked, to squash Brexit at a stroke.

Not going to happen. Nor are these "indicative votes" going to be taken seriously. The options are now between the PM's deal, if she can somehow threaten, promise and plead with enough people to back it, or leaving on WTO.

I wouldn’t discount a really soft version of Brexit that is a technical exit only and satisfies virtually non of the ERG’s red lines - it’s probably the most popular option in parliament.

[Burney]

I wouldn’t discount a really soft version of Brexit that is a technical exit only and satisfies virtually non of the ERG’s red lines - it’s probably the most popular option in parliament.

The problem with that, of course, is that Tory MPs across the country have been told categorically by their constituency parties that they will face electoral meltdown (mass-cancellation of membership, no volunteers, no canvassers, no nothing) should they facilitate such an outcome.

That doesn't mean they won't be stupid and arrogant enough to do it, but it will destroy them if they do.

Oddly enough, the longer this thing has gone on, the more I've come to admire the strategy of Labour. They've committed to nothing from which they cannot retreat and have given themselves plausible deniability on any and every outcome.