MRS MAY - NO U TURN ON BREXIT (but watch this space)

The Telegraph is reporting (HERE) that the PM has said she will not compromise on Brexit and leaving the single market and the customs union are still her aims. This is fantasy now I am sure. The Labour party's manifesto says they will prioritise jobs and the economy during the negotiations (HERE) and I am certain this has been carefully crafted to give them the option of remaining in.  

This is amazing chutzpah by May. She called the election to strengthen her hand on Brexit and the electorate weakened it but she seems to just carry on as if nothing has changed, to borrow her own phrase. It is almost beyond fantasy and approaching stupidity. It was reported at the weekend that an MP, Steve Baker, heads up the European Reform Group in parliament, which is made up of the hard Brexiteers (you know who they are) and even amazingly some remain voting MPs. The group is said to be about 100 strong. This must indicate that 500 - 550 or so others are either not in favour of a hard Brexit or are at least a bit more pragmatic. The official Labour party campaign in the 2016 referendum was for us to remain in the EU so I assume their manifesto position now is a reluctant one.

Meanwhile the ex PM, David Cameron, in a speech in Poland (HERE) is saying Theresa May must consult other parties. He joins a growing band of people who are urging a soft Brexit (HERE). 

I honestly do not see that there is anywhere near enough votes in either house to pursue a hard Brexit. Even those MPs who were reluctantly supporting leave must be rethinking their position in the light of the election result. As time goes on the weight given to the 2016 referendum must begin to reduce and the government, as shaky as it is, will have to see if opinion on Brexit is shifting or risk a landslide against them.