A bit like getting divorced then having your ex tell you who you can see, and when, where you can live, etc, etc.

ALl the current reports saying that they are nearly there on a deal but wont get the legal arrangement done in time.

Thanks Jeremy, if you didnt take no deal off the table they would have been bending over backwards to get a deal done ASAP.

Killed the negotiating position.

Forget Ireland. Nothing to do with the border. All to do with regulatory alignment. That is what the EU want more than anything else because they do not want us soaking up every bit of over-seas investment going. That is what this supposed 'deal' is going to fall or die on. Limits on the trade deals we can do abroad.

My gut is telling me it will all fall to pieces with the EU looking to blame Johnson with the hope it impacts on him in any forthcoming election.

Lets see. Been wrong plenty of times before but this is all starting to stink now. Better no-deal than bowing down to the EU on this. No point in being out if we are limited on who we can trade with.

But our 'system' is no longer working. That is the point. Hundreds and hundreds of years of Parliamentary convention have been thrown out of the window because MP's want to ignore the result on June 23rd.

It's working to perfection. Parliament is against accepting any deal which in their collective view is not in our best interests. They have't ignored the vote on June 23rd 2016. They triggered Article 50 but so far have rejected the agreement reached with the UK government on how we leave. Not if we leave. It now looks as though a rehashed version of that agreement is teetering on the brink again of being accepted.

By any definition of how the 'system' is meant to be working then we should be having a general election this week. We have no working Government worthy of its name. And MP's with no interest in offering a genuine chance for that to be challenged in an election.

Not when you have a PM who is threatening to thwart the will of Parliament by finding ways around a piece of legislation he doesn't like. Not when you have a PM whose action in closing down Parliamentary debate was found to be unlawful.

Our system is NOT meant to work in this way no matter how much you might want it to. Interference from the courts, referendum results not being honoured, an opposition not calling for a GE when the Government it is meant to be opposing no longer is able to function.

It IS meant to work in this way. It protects us against demagogues like Johnson and ultimately against dictators. We are being shown very strongly that Parliament, and not government is in charge of legislation. Every government has to work through Parliament.

It is a Zombie organisation that lacks the courage to actually even vote to revoke the A50 is claims to dislike so much.

The first priority is to determine whether any deal is acceptable and if it isn't to stop "no-deal". After that we will see how the cards fall. Article 50 may well have to be revoked to gain the time that a new Parliament needs and, if it decides it wants to consult again after negotiating a revised deal, to gain the approval of the people. Time will answer that.

A disgraceful state of affairs.

And one you cheer on. Shame on you.

It's far from disgraceful. It's a triumph for democracy but that will only become clearer as the mists of anger and disappointment dissipate over time.