"Backward" "too thick" "you prat" "Shaw".... the "problem poster" is back on form again this morning, I see. And I see you've made your worried proclamation about the date of brexit twice already today, Teribus, and it isn't even lunchtime yet! 😂

Just to be slightly more accurate, Teribus, the country is governed by a Conservative party under Theresa May without an overall majority that is being propped up by a despicable bunch of sectarian terrorist-apologist backwoodsmen (sorry yet again, John - maybe I'll stick to "troglodytes" in future, though it doesn't have the same cachet somehow). Not only does she have to keep them sweet, she knows that any rebellion by her backbenchers, always a background rumble in a seriously divided party, would very likely end up putting Labour in power. Keeping that shower happy is her top priority. As such, the false no-deal hubris on display from the clown Davis and the hatchetmen Jenkins, Redwood et al. is what is obstructing the possibility of progress in negotiations.