WE are in a mess over Brex-it but the finger of blame should not be pointed at the EU.

The latest, controversial, plan worked out at Chequers on Friday was not the result of negotiations with the EU.

It was just the result of negotiations within the Cabinet which have taken 2 years!

Understandably, the EU have complained that ne-gotiations cannot begin be-cause the UK government has not yet decided on its initial negotiating position and there are only 2 or 3 months left for the negotia-tion.

So, if you want to allocate blame for the mess then it belongs squarely with divi-sions within the Conserva-tive Party.

The problem is, and the reason that so many peo-ple feel betrayed, is that we were promised that we could “have our cake and eat it”.

We were told we could en-joy the benefits of belonging to the EU, without the nega-tive aspects, and at the same time enjoy the freedom to do our own deals around the world.

Reality has finally settled in and the government has been forced to admit that this is an impossible dream.

Of course, there are Brex-it fundamentalists who still pursue their vision with revolutionary zeal who do not care about the sacrifices the country will make after a hard Brexit (Boris John-son has, privately, predicted a “meltdown” but this belief does not seem to have mod-erated his approach).

I am not surprised that many people are feeling be-trayed but you should direct your anger at those politi-cians who sold us this im-possible dream rather than those people who are doing their best to make sense of the impossible position they have been put in.