UK businesses, especially SMEs, are viewing the political
responses to the shambolic Brexit negotiations emanating from
all sides of the house with increasing horror as what appears to be
self-serving strategies arise and blur into the next instalment of
the slowly unravelling Brexit saga. Pushing back the Commons
vote is a tactic that leaves little or no thinking time, once the
vote has been cast, for any considered response.
Mrs. May's current position of moving the Cabinet to a
"war footing", now she believes her position is safe, and
presenting them with previously unseen "no deal"
approaches seems to be a very close run game. A fractured
Cabinet and the strong likelihood of her Brexit deal being voted
out, narrowing the opportunity for challenge with a postponed
parliamentary vote seems more like political game-playing than
acting in the best interests of the country and the businesses that
keep it afloat.
