Brexit tricks

The collapse of the British PM May's Brexit plan (on the 15th of January her proposed deal was crushed by a big majority of MPs led by the Labour Party) is now being replaced by May's biggest trick so far.

The Prime Minister told Parliament that she would consult with the leaders of the other Parties in Parliament and with leading MPs in order to get a consensus for a new deal. Accordingly, various addled Party leaders duly tramped up to Number 10. 'At last' they said, May is consulting with us!' They all told PM May their very interesting versions of an ideal Brexit and, in the case of the ancient, but media loving leader of the Liberal Democrats, his proposal for another referendum. May of course knew all this stuff months ago and is not interested in any of it. Apparently she said very little to her excited 'consultees', nodded a lot, added the odd question and then sent them all away to get their 5 minute interviews on the TV channels explaining how important it was for them to talk to the PM.

Simultaneously Labour's leader, Corbyn refused to meet May unless she dumped the wild schemes of her Party's right wing, to leave the EU without a deal (and open the world's largest tax haven.) Despite the howl of indignation of the nations' mainstream media against Corbyn's 'bad show' he was the only leader in Parliament with the wit and wisdom to refuse May's farcical invite. Naturally May is not dumping the 'no deal' Brexit because her plan depends on the 'No Deal' maniacs levering the rest of her MPs into support for what? Why, it is version 2 of the 'dead and buried' January 15 deal - but now decorated for the DUP. (The 10 DUPers are the only people in Parliament that she will give any decorations to because they give her a majority in Parliament and they also prevent any scary General Elections where she might disappear!)

And, surprise after surprise; Parliament have now been told that there will be no vote on the January 15 mark 2 proposed deal - until January 29. Time ticks away. May hopes to terrify her brave Tory rebels into supporters. And if January 29 is not close enough to the March deadline, she hopes to do the same again to get through February etc.

May is a narrow thinker and utterly self-absorbed. But she is heroic (and crafty) in her self-defence. She does not present this cause in terms of the future of Britain and its depressed, angry and sold-out people. Instead she is determined to rule this particular bit of history in her name. Except Labour leader Corbyn has exposed her shenanigans. His clear thinking is the best platform for more action in Parliament (and, who knows, in May's normally terrified Cabinet) to block this latest manoeuvre and push open the potential for the changes, including in Brexit, that might end up defending ordinary peoples' lives.