The anti-democracy movement really is getting into full swing.
Over the weekend, we've had stories of a gaggle of 'business leaders' signing a petition demanding a second Brexit referendum quickly followed by a similar story about a bunch of lawyers. Thrown in for good measure has been copious coverage of the totally unsubstantiated allegations being made against arch-Brexiteer Aaron Banks who was forced to endure the BBC's version of an impartial interview on the Andrew Marr programme on Sunday. The jolly old Beeb has, inevitably, made much of these anti-Brexit issues, quite regardless of matters of relevance or fact; in their eyes it seems that anything anti-Brexit is news to be shouted from the roof tops.
The latest seems to be a suggestion that Theresa May has cobbled together some sort of proposal for ensuring a Brexit deal by offering to keep the whole United Kingdom inside of the EU's customs' union, a move which would lead to the most limited form of independence for the UK after Brexit - BRINO, or 'Brexit in name only'. Can she really be serious, or is this just more media tripe ? Surely there are far too many in her own party who would baulk at such an outcome and her chances of securing a deal on this basis must be remote, so what next ?
In Ireland, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, a man who seems to hate the UK with a vengeance, and his deputy Simon Coveney have both been making noises about the border issue and general relations between the UK and the Republic. In truth, this is no more than hot air and wind, though the rhetoric is being ramped up. Comments about threats to the Good Friday Agreement and, by implication, the relatively peaceful atmosphere that has existed for the last 20 years or so are a clear indication the Republic will use every weapon at its disposal in order to further its ultimate aim of reunifying the island of Ireland.
Something must give within days if there is to be a Brexit deal. The question is "will anyone do the giving and, if so, who will it be ?"
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