MPs want Brexit à la carte. Let’s hope they know the unicorn’s off | Anand Menon

If parliament spends its day voting on impossible options, no progress will be possible – and the kitchen closes on 12 April

Sometimes when I eat out, I’m tempted by the set menu. Not because the stuff there looks any better than on the main one – quite the contrary, as a rule. But experience suggests that when confronted with lots of choices it is difficult to be decisive. Which brings me to parliament, where MPs have opted to ignore Theresa May’s set menu and intend to go full à la carte.

MPs have been bickering about an inordinate number of Brexit options: May’s deal, no deal, no Brexit, Canada, common market 2, Norway plus, and on and on. Much excitement has greeted the news that MPs plan to “take control” of Brexit by debating these options beginning today. But what, if anything, will these indicative votes solve?

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