To be fair to Farron he was busy elsewhere giving a speech on how he doesn’t like gays.
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I'm not sure she is, because even if Farron and Cable remember to show up, and it's just the 3 hardcore Labour boneheads rebelling, they'll need virtually all those 14 rebels from the first close vote yesterday. Sadly, I think this "make our own trade deals" nonsense has got burrowed in too deep.
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If the customs union amendment goes down to defeat today because the Tory rebels sans Soubry and Clarke go MIA AGAIN, that should forever bury the "it's Corbyn's fault!!!!" crowd.
I mean, it won't, but it should.
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FT says Hammond/Morgan reckon they have a dozen Tory rebels for the amendment. I have to say, it puts the government in a terrible negotiating position by taking no deal off the table entirely (as a threat, rather than a consequence). If they hadn't shown themselves to be completely incapable of negotiating even with a free hand, I couldn't object to them saying no to it.
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The government's heavily downgraded the threat though, hasn't it? May on Marr said "We could go for no deal - no deal is still there, it is still possible - but I think the best thing for the UK is to have a deal that sets a good relationship with our trading partners in the future."
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Hilariously, babyface Brexit student, George Grimes, has been fined £20,000 personally. Vote Leave's campaign committee on the other hand included the following:
Liam Fox
Iain Duncan Smith
Dominic Raab
Michael Gove
Boris Johnson
Steve Baker
Chris Grayling
Priti Patel
Lord Lawson
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