One plus one equals a trillion in the Brexiters' theatre of the absurd

Forget all the worries about no deal being reached - there are literally no downsides to Brexit

Shortly before 11am, committee room nine began to fill up. First in were Owen Paterson, Steve Baker, Peter Bone, David Davis, Iain Duncan Smith, Bill Cash and Andrew Bridgen. Next was Matt Ridley. Always useful to have a climate change denier who destroyed Northern Rock onboard. Then came Jacob Rees-Mogg, followed a short while later by a sleep-deprived Boris Johnson, trying to slip in unnoticed. A full house. Just about all those whom no sane person would dream of leaving in charge of the country were gathered together to tell the world how they proposed to run the country if given half a chance.

It was all very confusing. Last week, we were told by the Brexiters that they would be announcing their alternative cunning plan to the prime minister's Chequers deal this week, only for them to change their mind when it was revealed the best they could come up with was to turn the UK into a tax haven, spend billions on a "star wars" defence system and invade the Argies.