Only two deals are on the non fairy tale table.

While we are talking about deals, here is an odd one.  My 2016 ballot paper must have been different to some of the people who voted Remain.  We must have been involved in different people’s votes, aka referenda.   My ballot paper said there was a straight forward choice.   Either Remain in the EU or Leave the EU.

1     Did you notice as you raised your pencil above the ballot paper the mention of a payment of any description, let alone £39 billion? Nope, neither did I.

2     Did you notice the need for a deal mentioned?   Nope, neither did I. That is because there isn’t one.

3     Did you notice on the ballot paper a mention of a transition period during which the UK would be subject to EU legislation, courts and procedures.  Again, no.  (You can see where this is going).

4     Did you notice the mention of having to share our territorial waters and fish with others? Nope.

5     Did you notice a mention of a future ‘relationship’ with the EU leaving the UK basically aligned to the EU.  No.

So, what is the common theme to these points?  They are not real.  They never have been.  They are imagined by Mrs May, most of the cabinet, the majority of the Westminster Bubble and a precious few of the 48% who put their democratic cross in the Remain box.   

Most who voted Remain accepted the democratic vote.   And here is the other odd thing.  Before any one put their cross in a box, those who set up the vote said they would abide by its result.  And would implement it.   

So, what has happened in the past 30 months.  The basic thing is, those people who said they would implement the vote have gone back on their word.  None of the terms above were caveats as to whether the decision would be accepted.   

So a final fact.  Leave won.  17.4 million voters put their cross in that box. The decision was to leave the EU.   Not have some other new set of circumstances or thinking as to what Leave means.  

Mrs Mays proposal is not about leaving the EU.  It’s about a set of conditions.   

There really are only two deals on offer that match what people voted for.  Neither will cause any damage to the UK or its economy.  Neither will be difficult to implement.    

And these two?  Leaving the EU on WTO terms.  Or Canada +++.  Both comply with the peoples vote we had 30 months ago.