Nigel, instead of stalking your perceived adversaries in order to spot what you see as inconsistencies (and whilst so doing not really discussing the issues), why not have an advisory word in the shell-like of your comrade Teribus, who's just done the very thing you can't stand yet far more glaringly than any of us? Go on, Nigel - show us that you're not a hypocrite after all.

Anyway, back to the substantive. From the Beeb news today:

The UK risks losing jobs and investment without an urgent Brexit transition deal, Britain's five biggest business lobby groups have warned.

In a joint letter being sent to Brexit Secretary David Davis, the groups including the CBI and Institute of Directors, say time is running out.

The head of the CBI said firms wanted an agreement on the transition period by the end of the year.

A government spokesman said the talks were "making real, tangible progress".

The other lobby groups backing the letter are the British Chambers of Commerce, the Federation of Small Businesses, and the EEF manufacturers' body.

CBI director-general Carolyn Fairbairn told the BBC: "One of the big messages from firms is 'get on with it' on both sides.

"This is real, this is urgent and a transition agreement by the end of the year would help enormously to keep investment and jobs in the country," she said.

Now I'd have thought that the wellbeing of businesses large and small is going to be rather crucial in the next few years. But they're getting more and more nervous. Not confident at all about brexit and almost in panic mode over the current stasis. Whaddya think, Teribus? And what about that service sector, which is going to face multiple bureaucratic barriers once we leave without a good deal? Your bald brave-face statement is just hubris. I suggest you look into what will happen once we're out. No wonder it's all a bit hush-hush on that front at the moment. It could turn out to be the biggest brexit disaster of the lot.