A plan which has just been appointed Professor of Cunning at Oxford University

[BrilloPad]

Sajid Javid: We have a cunning plan (but chancellor says it would be ‘madness’ to tell us) | Metro Newspaper UK

Now this I can't wait to see.....

[BrilloPad]

Sending letter requesting Brexit extension to EU as new law requires... then sending ANOTHER explaining why they should ignore the first

Dear God....

[DealorNoDeal]

Assuming the EU wants to avoid a no-deal Brexit...

They'd be better off granting us an extension and hoping that the subsequent GE returns a different Government.

It's a bit like being given two choices.

a) forfeit £100 on 31 Oct
OR
b) flip a coin and, only if it's tails, forfeit £100

Bit of a no-brainer really.

[BrilloPad]

Assuming the EU wants to avoid a no-deal Brexit...

I am amazed they are not totally hacked off by now.

[sasguru]

Hapless Boris has indeed been reduced to the condition of Baldrick.

[MasterBait]

Hapless Boris has indeed been reduced to the condition of Baldrick.

With Cummings being Blackadder?

[DealorNoDeal]

I am amazed they are not totally hacked off by now.

I'm sure they are but they'll probably still want to avoid no-deal, especially for the sake of Ireland.

[BrilloPad]

I'm sure they are but they'll probably still want to avoid no-deal, especially for the sake of Ireland.

I don't believe they will sacrifice core principals.

[sasguru]

I'm sure they are but they'll probably still want to avoid no-deal, especially for the sake of Ireland.

I've been talking to a few people in the know in Brussels.
There's total bemusement over the condition of UK politics, the ingrained respect for Britain has vanished, probably for good.
And any goodwill the EU had, and there was plenty, seems to be evaporating too.
The basic problem is that its impossible to negotatiate with a country which is so politically unstable.
A deal was agreed after a lot of hard work and now its been unilaterally rejected by the UK.
Why should they go through that again?
Incidentally, the backstop was a UK proposal.

[Old Greg]

I've been talking to a few people in the know in Brussels.
There's total bemusement over the condition of UK politics, the ingrained respect for Britain has vanished, probably for good.
And any goodwill the EU had, and there was plenty, seems to be evaporating too.
The basic problem is that its impossible to negotatiate with a country which is so politically unstable.
A deal was agreed after a lot of hard work and now its been unilaterally rejected by the UK.
Why should they go through that again?
Incidentally, the backstop was a UK proposal.

The dominant view in Dublin and Brussels is:

1 The UK will probably leave with No Deal
2 The UK will quickly return to the EU to negotiate an FTA
3 The EU will be happy to negotiate once the UK has agreed to the divorce payment, backstop and rights of EU citizens.