Theresa May is increasing looking like she is running an episode of the Apprentice with two teams trying to compete in their plan for Brexit. Complete with the obligatory reprehensible contestants.
On one side we have Team Creationists intent on hard Brexit and on the other we have Team Sensibles desperate to get a softer deal.
May herself has been held hostage by seasoned expert negotiators the DUP. Once No 10 has reported the deal was done, only for the DUP to say it wasn’t. Then it said, it would be settled today. But the DUP disagreed and said ‘the weekend’. Now its 'next week'.
Meanwhile the Queen has been messed about with a scapegoat over when her Queen’s Speech will be. It’s likely to be a week on Monday.
Meanwhile the Brexit department is also in chaos.
The Number two in the department was sacked and replaced by a Remainer, and the number three quit amongst reports that he no longer thought Brexit was achievable and that there was no way that the Great Repeal Act could pass through the Lords. He has been replaced by the Head of the infamous Arch-Brexit Whatsapp group.
Oh and Gove got hired. Nuff said on that one.
After some slight back tracking from David Davis, Hard Brexit is still on in all its glory. Negotiations are going ahead next week. Well that’s what we are saying. The EU, on the other hand, don’t won’t to go ahead until we have an officially sworn in government. Which seems pretty fair enough.
Tune in to find out which Team wins this week’ The Brexit Apprentice
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Westminstenders: The Brexit Apprentice
RedToothBrush · 14/06/2017 16:26
2018??!! Is there really no requirement for parliament to begin their session until the budget? There are so many things that we've never bothered to make rules for in this country that we really ought to.
More woe for May as another action she took as Home Secretary is found illegal.
Quite a back log of these cases. Irene Clennell hadn't even committed a crime. 
Those cases look like British residents who were 'guilty of wearing loud shirts in a built up area."
Thanks red
Sorry, I should have caveated that I know as much about UK constitutional law as Theresa May . 
I have a vague memory that for some reason, budgets only run annually - they need to be renewed by parliament ever year.
Aside from that, in theory, we could stagger on with Ministers exercising their statutory powers until such time as a vote is needed in the commons.
We're now discovering how many people understand the concepts of the Executive, the Legislature, and the Judiciary ... or (as with Donald Trump) those that don't.
I wouldn't be surprised if the budget was the absolute limit, TBH. In practice I think that if they aren't ready with a QS within a fortnight then they are probably in BIG trouble as the government isn't able to make any big decisions as (I think) they are still in purdah. It'll also make a mockery of their amazing negotiating skills if they can't reach a swift deal with the DUP, who normally vote with them anyway.
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