What is the alternative plan for Brexiteers?

As Westminster prepares for the next phase of its slight collective nervous breakdown, Brexiteers' criticisms of Theresa May's Checkers plan are reflected in the fact that opponents do not have theirs.

It's not so far from saying "come and try if you think you're strong enough"!

Or, in more polite terms, the kind that your parents might have advised, if you do not have anything nice to say, say nothing at all.

The members of the government are deeply disappointed that they are struck by the criticisms of the Brexiteers (and not only the honest Boris Johnson) who are currently engaged in an explicit plan to kill the Prime Minister's plan, based on months of work . to face their own proposal.

In the coming days, the Brexiteers, organized behind the scenes of this powerful group, the ERG, which readers accustomed here will know, have a plan to counter this accusation.

I hear from Sunday, we should expect several days of carefully prepared announcements, almost like a government grid, where the Brexiteers, with their ruthless eyes on their short-term price of "controllers" , will propose an alternative.

A deployment of written materials will begin this weekend, with a big event planned for Westminster on Monday which, if it happens, would coincide coincidentally with Boris Johnson's upcoming article.

The plans, which are in this very hectic environment subject to many changes, are currently looking for an argument in favor of a free trade agreement, rather than on the part of the controllers.

On Monday, we should see an explanation of the Brexiteers' vision for money and migration, and then Wednesday to find solutions to the crucial issue of the Northern Ireland border and other issues like agriculture and forestry. peach.

The idea is not, according to crucial sources, to put pressure directly on Theresa May to trigger a kind of putsch.

But do not doubt, it is a carefully crafted plan, designed to present alternatives to what the government has put on the table, which should force the Prime Minister to abandon the policy.

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Of course, by publishing their own plans, the Brexiteers will submit to the same type of review as the government itself.

It's one thing, they're well aware, to be just critics, another to engage in alternatives that may be wasting time on number 10.

The emerging consensus among Brexiteers seems to be that it is better to present an alternative that will be open to criticism, rather than facing the burden of having no elaborate idea.

The idea, when ministers tell MPs "it's their Ladies or nothing", is that their solution can fill that void. And to try, in particular, to make Theresa May make a big turnaround before the Conservative conference and admit, privately, tacitly or publicly, that the July settlement simply can not be respected.

Those involved in the design of the "Chuck Checkers" plan take care to stress that they would absolutely support the Prime Minister in a changing position. The condition being that, if she makes her request, she will not try to hurt her further.

The political truth is also that, even though many Brexiteers were relentlessly trying to achieve their political goal, their current goal, and this also applies to Boris Johnson, is that the target changes the policy and does not change the leader of the Conservative party.

Yet for those in government right now, there is no doubt that Operation Checkers is abandoned. Remember that this is only the basis of a negotiation and that the government has taken two years (yes, two years) to reach this position. And insiders say that for all of Checkers' claims being dead, in fact, this will be part of the final deal.

In other words, remember, remember, remember that Checkers was always a document from which a negotiation would finally begin, and within the government, there is always a strong belief that some elements will survive.

The government also recognizes that the coming weeks will be extremely trying. But at the present time, there is not even a snort that they could, even if they want it, give the Brexiteers an inch.

But they are organized, determined and eager to try to force her to move, and could have more in their arsenal if the prime minister remains faithful to him.