HOW REALITY IS FORCING ITS WAY IN

In total contrast to what Sir Ivan Rogers said yesterday, the dangerous simpleton John Longworth on Sunday told Brexit Central readers (HERE) that it was his organisation, Leave means Leave, who coined the "no deal is better than a bad deal" slogan and he seemed quite proud of it. But whereas Sir Ivan explained this was not credible and "both sides" know it (HERE), Longworth says it's our "best and last hope".

REES-MOGG

I look forward to Jacob Rees-Mogg having to admit, in his words, the "absurd" solution (HERE) the EU have put forward is actually the only way we will be able to leave the EU and avoid a hard border in Ireland. He was on TV again today still clinging to the notion that a technology based solution exists to solve it - although like all of his Brexiteer friends he couldn't actually think what it was.

REES-MOGG AND THE CUSTOMS UNION

There is an interview with Dominic Grieve in The Independent (HERE) which is about changing our mind and doing so before this autumn, otherwise it will be too late. But the interesting part is at the end and quotes the old part-time undertaker's mate from Somerset, Jacob Rees-Mogg who exists in a totally different world to the rest of us. He says we must get out of the customs union,

JACOB REES-MOGG

The suggestion by Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Baker that the leaked economic assessment is the result of a Treasury conspiracy rumbles on. Baker was forced to make a grovelling apology in the House on Friday but in spite of this, articles on Conservative Home like this one HERE by Mark Wallace continue to garner publicity and appear to have a lot of support.

JACOB REES MOGG AT THE TREASURY SELECT COMMITTEE

There was an interesting exchange at the Treasury Select Committee in October 2015 when they were trying to understand the financial costs and benefits of being in the EU. On page 17 (HERE) Jacob Rees Mogg is talking to Phillipe Legrain, an economist from the LSE. They are talking about non-tariff barriers and the fact that the WTO has done little or nothing to liberalise trade in services while the EU has actually made some progress in this area, which is the sector that accounts for much of our exports.  Rees Mogg says we could do this for ourselves if we left the EU.