The Prime Minister smelt a deal in the offing. The Prime Minister is not the ultimate arbiter. In uncanny ways Mr Cox finds himself in the same situation as his predecessor Lord (Peter) Goldsmith found himself in ahead of the Iraq war in 2003. That is why Mrs May needs Mr Cox to confirm that the Irish backstop problem has been solved. If she hasn’t, Britain is on course to crash out of the European Union without a deal on March 29.

Source: Daily Mail March 12, 2019 00:20 UTC