Johnson’s New Deal or No Deal pitch will be sold as a reasonable compromise . When in fact it reneges on the commitment to No Hard Border , and cynically co-opts the Irish Government’s No Deal contingency plans as a ‘New Deal ‘

That thing you are going to have to do anyway with No Deal ……… Accept New Deal and get a few things thrown in

So the starting point is resiling from previous commitments , and the pitch puts pressure to accept a measure of last resort as a New Deal

That is Johnson’s version of a reasonable compromise

@jnpowell1 illuminating on #Newsnight about Johnson’s Two Borders Four Years Plan

It’s a scam

There’s a cynicism at its heart. Johnson has hijacked Irish Govt’s border plans for No Deal and played them back as a deal

That thing you really don’t want . Let’s do it 🤔 pic.twitter.com/qNcMJa4PyY

— Bruce McD (@brucemcd23) October 1, 2019

But is Cummings’s strategy unraveling? Looks like more has been leaked than Dom expected .The Emperor is at risk of going into the Conference Hall with his New Clothes looking pretty threadbare. Johnson is going to come under scrutiny quickly.

@jnpowel brilliant incisive . GFA is about identity . The brilliance of GFA is you can feel British or Irish as you choose

And Foster’s analysis of the Two Borders, Four Years Plan typically penetrating

Impossible to see how it could fly . Unlikely it was ever intended to https://t.co/obKdNOrIv9

— Bruce McD (@brucemcd23) October 1, 2019

Dom is going to need all the help he can enlist from Brexit Press and ‘balanced’ broadcasters . Because if charge sticks that Johnson has put up plan he knew could never fly the ‘ Blame the EU ‘narrative collapses and the ‘ Blame for No Deal’ sticks

And the focus will be on Johnson and whether he is going to observe the law.

Footnote: the Two Borders Four Years Plan is remarkably like yesterday’s Telegraph front page story In flat contradiction of what Johnson told #NickRobinson on #R4Today