We can leave with a deal. Just not the Withdrawal Agreement.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes people use misleading terms to cover up the truth of what they are saying?  Mr Blair's 45 minutes would be a good example.  An element of truth in it.  But totally misleading. Mr Trump is another exponent of it.  I’m sure that today you can come up with similar such tactic whereever you find yourself.  People attaching deliberately misleading labels to things and ideas with which they disagree.    

Last night, not for the first time, in the House of Commons such a tactic was used, with remarkable success.  I lost count of how often it was said that a “no deal” Brexit would be a catastrophe for the nation.  And indeed it would be.  You didn’t need a vote to prove that point.  An element of truth in there.  However, the reality is there is no such thing as a "no deal".  It’s just it won’t be a withdrawal deal with the EU.   

So in effect the 312 who voted to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances were people who, to put it mildly, were rather misled. (Just imagine going into a car showroom and stating what you want for your car before the negotiations have even begun.  The sales person will be laughing their head off at your naivety).  

That these MPs are the people we send to parliament to make our laws is rather concerning to say the least given they have been so easily misled.  It means that Remainers have managed to convince the majority of MPs, and much of the country, that leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement with the EU amounts to some sort of cliff-edge disaster.    

The truth is if we leave the EU without signing a withdrawal agreement, we shall have a series of mini deals to ensure the uninterrupted continuity of road transport, air transport, existing financial contracts, security cooperation, and so on.  

How do I know that?  Because the EU themselves have already put in place these last few days most of the procedures that would be needed if we leave without a withdrawal agreement.

But you know what the saddest thing is?  It’s that the people you and I have sent to represent us in parliament don’t think they are up to the job and want to continue to offshore the making of the laws we thought we were sending them to Westminster to make.