Short of backing Labour in a no-confidence vote, rebels can only make such a departure more chaotic and hope the Prime Minister buckles.
The Secretary-General of the European Commission denies that either of them want to punish Britain.
Conservatives ought to know without being told that one cannot just take a glance round the world, see which culture one likes the look of, and graft it onto one’s own.
The real flaw in Graham’s film was the implication that Vote Leave won by turning the European question into something else.
The Government is suggesting that it will make little difference in practical terms – but opposed it for symbolic and political reasons.
Brexiteer MPs believe such hints are being leaked to try to frighten them. But some in Government have indeed toyed with the idea.
The noise that he picks up, with an almost clairvoyant sense, is not that of a queue waiting to vote but of a mob pitching the mighty from their seats.
None of us would have started from here. But the Government has got us into this fix – and May’s deal is the best of the three possible ways forward.
Selmayr and Weyand have got much of their way so far. And there’s every chance they will continue to dominate the process.
We also reproduce the full text of the letter itself.
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee has today issued a report which casts light on the question.
The desire to protect your home is as universal as the desire to love, to work and to raise a family. Why should protecting your country be any different?
The Conservatives are the natural political home for those who value national identity and are open to the world.
And he says that May’s deal may eventually get through Parliament after all.
The abuse became so bad that I felt the need to stop giving media interviews, writing articles and to remove myself from the public arena.