[jfman]

I've actually nothing against no deal, as long as it's at a time and place of our choosing. Not a simple four months after official Government policy was to achieve a deal.

We loaded the gun and held it to our own heads triggering Article 50. We now know why - the corruption within the Leave campaign would have undergone multiple legal challenges and Parliament would never have triggered A50.

Equally leaving while maintaining a customs union for goods (but not services) would have been an adequate half way house giving us all the benefits of leaving (end to freedom of movement) without all the uncertainty, or precarious negotiating position with the USA, of no deal.