Last night I took a short nap and had the strangest dream.
In it, the Tory prime minister made clear that unless the opposition allows him to have a general election on 12 December his government would go on strike.
The legislation to implement the Brexit deal he cherishes would be put on hold.
The budget that his Chancellor told me on my show less than 24 hours ago would definitely take place on 6 November would be cancelled.
And Johnson would work day and night to try and force an election.
Naturally these were all the wild imaginings of my sleeping brain. A Conservative PM would never contemplate such officially sanctioned anarchy.
As for the Labour opposition, its leader said that he would allow an election as and when a no-deal Brexit is taken off the table – while not remotely defining what he means by that.
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