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Given that the PM is insistent that the people will not have another say in the deal, I can only assume that they are considering the possibility of a general election.
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I hadn't thought of that and happened to be having dinner with a friend who used to work at number 10 last night (as a civil servant, not a Tory).
He didn't think this could be possible because he believes May's intent focus on plan A is actually totally genuine - apparently she's really not a 'scenario planner' type and he reckons no way she's playing a game that long. I don't know whether to be relieved or worried about that.
That said Perry's little visit was on BBC R4 PM and I can't find any other evidence of it ever happening, so can only presume PM were given exclusive access, which is interesting.
Fox
What the hell is this sudden tour of the UK by the ministers about?
Today the business minister Claire Perry visited a clotted cream factory, where she told the confectioners (creamists?) that she hadn't known that clotted cream was such a successful export.
Perhaps it might just have been a good idea to arm yourself with that fact before becoming business minister in a government executing Brexit, but maybe that's just me. Anyway, it's good to know that we'll have plenty of clotted cream to go with the promised six months of jams*.
The thinking apparently is that this little roadshow can convince the public that May's deal is a goodun, then they will lobby their MPs in time for the vote. This is of course - if you know the slightest bit about campaigns and influencing - absolutely impossible, especially by next Tuesday.
Heseltine just told PM he thinks Number 10 just wants the ministers out of their hair, which is the best theory I've heard so far.
*https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46480374