The first PMQs since Theresa May let it be known that there is a draft Brexit deal was predictably dominated by the subject. Brexit. The Prime Minister kicked off with her optimistic summary of the deal: The UK will take back control of its borders, its money and its laws, she claimed. It will leave the Common Fisheries Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. This upbeat interpretation was slightly different in tone to George Osborne’s Evening Standard front page, which tonight bears the headline: “EU takes back control.” Subtle as always from the Prime Minister’s no.1 fan. ‎
Even Jeremy Corbyn asked about Brexit, for the first time this week. The Labour leader launched straight in – the deal is a failure on its own terms he said, it breaches the Prime Minister’s own red lines, and ultimately she will be presenting a false choice to parliament. He called the choice “a botched deal or no deal.”
