Posted: Sep 09, 2019 11:43 pm
And he's done it. I suppose it has to be said that he's long made a career out of being the opposite of sober.
Elsewhere, rumour has it that Johnson's "alternative arrangement" to the backstop is basically just going to be the Northern Ireland only backstop that May rejected.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49639294
His plan would presumably have been to plonk it in front of Parliament when they come back and offer a binary vote between it and no deal, so he wouldn't be held entirely responsible for the latter if it was rejected again.
He'll have to figure how to weasel out of asking for an extension to do that now, of course.
The ditch beckons, figuratively of course.
Elsewhere, rumour has it that Johnson's "alternative arrangement" to the backstop is basically just going to be the Northern Ireland only backstop that May rejected.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49639294
His plan would presumably have been to plonk it in front of Parliament when they come back and offer a binary vote between it and no deal, so he wouldn't be held entirely responsible for the latter if it was rejected again.
He'll have to figure how to weasel out of asking for an extension to do that now, of course.
The ditch beckons, figuratively of course.