There are plenty of red faces at the House of Commons this afternoon, and not just the usual angry gammony ones like Francois and Bridgen.
“Downing Street pulled a blinder on MPs,” our Westminster insider reveals, “early this morning they sent out an email to all MPs giving their total support to the indicative vote process.”
Yeah right!
“But not only that, they promised to listen to outcome of the indicative votes. And even went so far as to say they’d be guided by the most popular. Parliament has decided and the executive will be bound by parliament.”
Pull the other one! The representatives of the voters getting a say in the most important decision for decades? You’re having a laugh.
”It was plainly a ridiculous statement, coming from May’s office. But so many MPs are desperate to feel involved, having squandered ever other chance to be, that they feel for it hook, line and sinker. And others are just plain thick. As they display amply day in and out when spouting nonsense on BBC platforms and going unchallenged.”
That’s because a lot of the journalists seem more interested in the soap opera of indivuak political careers than the country’s future.
”Too right. But we’re not here to talk about Kuenssberg’s panto show this evening, but the April Fool’s prank.”
I saw the advert for the Laura me me me show and thought it was a BBC prank, actually.
”Let’s hope it is!”
So how are MPs taking the news they’ve been had?
”With a shrug. They’ve been played for fools day in and day out for a few years now, most of them are used to it.”