Friday 23 November 2018

The Big Deal,- Must be just about right.

Theresa May's big deal goes to the EU leaders' meeting on Sunday. The chances are that it will be approved despite some residual griping such as Spain's over Gibraltar.

Back home it's not looking so easy. Getting anything through a parliament in which you don't have an overall majority is tricky but when your own party is split and you can't rely on help from any of the other parties it's even more so.

Let's look at it a different way though. If the deal on the table is equally disliked by Brexiteers and Remainers it's probably just about what the average Briton wants. An exit for one lot and not too far removed from remaining for the others. On a chart that would be slap in the middle. No surprise then that amidst the yelling from all sides, Mrs May has been looking quite confident this week.