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There never was any real reconcilliation.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-latest-theresa-may-philip-hammond-no-deal-spending-split-a7995616.html

Conservative splits reopen after Theresa May slaps down Philip Hammond. 


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Prime Minister Theresa May, completed the "hat trick" on Wednesday at "Questions to the Prime Minister". Following the disaster Turin speech and the even worse speech to Conservative party Conference, Theresa May probably came to the Commons with high expectations of dealing heavy blows to the Labour opposition with the support of a united cabinet and the baying, howling ranks of backbenchers as is normal at PMQ's behind her. Alas, in this expectation she will have been sadly disappointed as first Jeremy Corbyn and then her own back bencher's ripped into her on the question of Universal Credit and the hardships that this is causing both in delays in payments and the subsequent effects that this is having on families and rental payments and then on the subject of Brexit, which has been ripping the Conservative government apart for some time. 
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In response to a question on providing funding for the eventuality of a "No deal" exit, the Prime Minister contradicted the comments made earlier by Philip Hammond, by saying that she "has now set aside £250m to help prepare for Brexit". In an apparent slapping down of the Chancellor, who had signalled he wanted to wait until “the last point” before authorising spending on ‘no deal’ preparations and appeared unwilling to discuss further funds,comments which have resulted in calls for him to be sacked,  the Prime Minister shows complete ineptitude in her leadership not only on the question of Europe, but also on domestic issues such as welfare, housing, energy and education with "policies" being announced and then abandoned within days if not hours.  

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These differences again emphasises the chaos and divisions in government and cabinet, on the whole subject of Europe and our exit from the European Union. We now even have differing statements on the latest position in respect of the negotiations with the EU where on the one hand, David Davis stresses that good progress has been made whilst admitting that, "there is still work to do" and from the same podium Michel Barnier states that the discussions are deadlocked and later  Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, and the heads of the EU states agreed the UK had not made “sufficient progress” on the withdrawal divorce terms.
Chaos, confusion and discord tinged with more than a hint of self interest, divide the cabinet and a wretched government at this watershed point in the history of the United Kingdom. I have argued before that the government is not acting in the interests of the British people as the country hurtles towards crashing out of the European Union without any "deal" being in place which will be a catastrophe for this country.The absence of any leadership from this government and in particular from Prime Minister May, coupled with her complete ineptitude for the task, is driving this country into a cul de cac of rapidly declining credibility in the world, falling productivity, increasing poverty, falling living standards and and polarisation of society. The true costs of conservative divisions are evident everywhere, and we can only speculate as to how bad things will become should this government remain in place.





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