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Hello and welcome to rock and roll politics, the weekly podcast with me, Steve Richards,

and welcome to the Cliff's Edge, episode three, as this Brexit saga develops in extraordinary ways.

Virtually every hour something weird happens, and so speedily do these strange eruptions take place that you find it difficult to pause and reflect on the oddity of the last one before

something weird happens i'm recording this shortly after the uh appearance of teresa may on the

today program in which she clearly decided to go on

today to put forward her latest proposition to get herself out of this backstop nightmare.

And she clearly came on to suggest to MPs, which is basically her audience for this, that instead of the backstop

happening as a matter of course, Parliament could have a vote and decide whether to go into

the backstop or continue with the transitional period for a longer period of time. Now there are flaws in this

proposition, but the bizarre thing about this interview was that even though that's clearly why

she came on, because it was the only new element, the other argument she's put around the

clock for months. It's either my deal or no Brexit or a no-deal Brexit.

But she kind of started with an answer hinting at this proposition. John Humphreys didn't notice

and he pressed on with tedious questions about what her plan B is if she loses the vote.

And that is one question she cannot answer in any way at all.

Because if she starts articulating a plan B, that in a way negates the whole purpose of her campaign over the next few days, which is to persuade MPs to vote for her deal.

If they know the alternative route that she is contemplating, that changes everything.

So of course she can't start saying, oh yes, we've got this Plan B that I'm looking at.

I'm looking at Norway plus, plus, plus,

or Canada plus plus plus, all these pluses of total vague evasiveness being bandied around.

So she can't answer that question. But on he went. But Prime Minister, you're going to lose the vote.

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