fareham's mp, suella braverman, and her erg colleagues, are pushing the pm hard to replace the backstopll now completely change tack? it seems to me that who is actually in charge is is the eu, they decide what they will let us have in terms of brexit, that is the reality, we are beholden to them, that is the awful truth, isn't it? i disagree. they are saying no, that is that, they are bigger, there are 27 of them, in a fight i wouldn't take on 27 people. that is such a defeatist viewpoint. it is realistic. where is the drive and ambition for our nation? i am not daft, i cannot fight the whole lot, perhaps you can. we are a valued partner, not some fledgling democracy with a fragile economy on the brink of collapse. what you are talking about is why we mustn't take no—deal off the table. as long as we can walk away from these negotiations and say no thanks, we are off, and we don't need your deal and we will thrive without your rubbish deal, the better. one thing i keep hearing going around the country on phone—ins and everything is that they want politicians to get on with it, to drop