Paul Mason the former Newsnight economics editor and prominent left winger has written a thoughtful piece in The Guardian (HERE) about how the cabinet is split and also how the EU might "shaft" us as he puts it.
He says we should ask for EEA membership with some sort of time-limited control on immigration as the only concession demanded and make a statement in Parliament that rules out the UK leaving the single market. This would at least allow our car and financial services sector to continue producing the exports and tax revenues we need. He says:
"May wants to serve a full term. But both logic and principle dictate that were she to give in to the “clean break” brigade within the cabinet, she would have to schedule an election and fight for a mandate to lead Britain into this particularly stupid form of economic suicide".
I think he may be right. If a majority of the cabinet think the loss of the single market access must be avoided at all costs, they may choose to resign and with a small majority an election may be the only answer and then - who knows what might happen?
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