Well done that lady

[Vimto]

Not sure what LoM is trying to say.

British Gov't and EU managed to cobble something together today, last-gasp , at risk of it all imploding. And May falling to bits.

'Well done' .


Now the work starts. David Davis better get looking into the impact. Might be helpful Get some extra help in if they know that they cant manage it ..eh..

[cyril evans awaydays]

On a personal level there was a risk that she would not make it to this stage given the weakness of her position. That said it was probably this weakness that allowed this point to be reached. The EU negotiators, Brexiteers in her Cabinet or the DUP could all have thrown her under the bus and scuppered an agreement. They probably had different motivations for not doing so:

The EU quite relish the weakness of her position. They have achieved almost all of the negotiating goals they started with without really breaking sweat. Propping her up for the next phase for a bit more of the same and that she is a known quantity not knowing wat would follow;

The last thing the Brexiteers in the Cabinet or with leadership aspirations want is to actually have some accountability for delivering the next phase of transition and agreement. They would much rather to piss on something of someone else's making and say Brexit would have been fine if not handled by unbelievers;

The DUP haven't been given their ransom money for propping up the government yet and losing that leverage and risking replacing May with a "republican sympathiser" meant that they played their veto card as far as they probably could.

Three puppeteers all with the ability to yank her to the floor but happy for now to keep her on her feet.