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I'm surprised there hasn't been some sort of leak of these reports, as it could be of benefit to both sides depending on what the reports say (it's not unusual for a leak to be deliberate). My cynical mind says if the reports aren't damning of Brexit, then there would've been a leak by now, to balance all the flak and bad news May and the Breixteers have been getting recently...

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The Express was pro-Labour/Blair at one point, then when a knighthood wasn't forthcoming to editor Desmond it went the other way. Gotta love our freedom of the press...

I don't buy into the scaremongering theory that if Brexit didn't happen there would be huge civil unrest. For a start the core Brexit voter i.e. the over 65's, is simply not the type to 'revolt'. Also, only 12 months before the referendum people could've voted for Brexit at the 2015 election by voting for UKIP, but they only got 12.5% of the vote, way short of the Brexit referendum vote. That's because when it comes to elections people tend to vote with the bigger picture in mind, not a binary single issue which the referendum created. I don't doubt some Brexiteers would run into the arms of UKIP, but no where near enough in numbers to be of huge political consequence. If there's anything positive to come out of this whole sorry mess it's that we'll probably never hold another referendum again...

Probably. The proviso being the Irish Border conundrum. Again it was hardly mentioned in yesterday's quizzing of Davis. Very strange. I don't think the triggering of A50 means it's a fait accompli. Only this week Juncker said that the outcome, be it No Deal, Deal or No Brexit was in the UK's hands, so I'm sure it's a case of if there's the will to cancel Brexit, there's a way. Even before A50 was triggered I remember someone in the EU (Verhofstadt?) saying he could foresee a scenario whereby the UK left the EU on a Friday pm as per A50, but by Monday am we had been reinstated. However, to cancel Brexit there does need to be a sea change in public opinion, and although there's been a slight shift in the polls towards Remain, it needs to be more...

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The Commons Brexit Committee grillings are often far more informative and revealing than the staged pantomime of PMQs.David Davis being quizzed on Brexit this morning... Labour?s Seema Malhotra goes next. Q: So you want a transition agreement agreed by the end of 2018 quarter one? Yes. Q: And when will the withdrawal agreement be agreed? Davis says he has not said. The Northern Ireland aspects require agreement on the future relationship too. Q: So, is it October next year? Davis says the agremeent, if not the signing, will the coterminous with the agreement on the forward relationship. That is why the European council called for ?sufficient progress?, not conclusion of phase one. Q: So it could go to March 2019? Davis said it could be. Q: So the vote of parliament on the deal could be after March 2019. Yes, says Davis, that could happen. So much for taking back control of the sovereignty of Parliament...

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