The Brexit Department pulled off the fastest ever political U-turn – the only 11 reactions you need to read

Dominic Raab, the head of the Department for Exiting the EU, wrote a letter stating that he expects a Brexit deal to be finalised by November 21st.

Dominic Raab has told MPs in a letter he thinks there will be a deal finalised by 21st nov – No 10 trying to play that down – hear decision about having a Nov summit likely to be taken in next week – pretty unclear

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) October 31, 2018

This basically means that he has three weeks to invent the technology required to make the UK’s plan for the Irish Border workable. It seems a tad ambitious, but who are we to pour scorn on his plans when his own department is ready to do it?

https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1057704420727762944

Of course, the Brexit Department weren’t the only ones feeling doubtful.

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So Dominic Raab wrote to MPs today to say he thinks a Brexit deal will be finalised by 21st November.

Fairly soon after his department released a statement to say it was a mistake and that “there is no set date for the negotiations to conclude".

Shambles.

— Shehab Khan ITV (@ShehabKhan) October 31, 2018

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https://twitter.com/stephenfarrow/status/1057692937491021825

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https://twitter.com/MrKenShabby/status/1057669522461736960

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https://twitter.com/labourwhips/status/1057737295565127682

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Or to paraphrase, the cabinet has no idea what’s going on. https://t.co/NxWMHJXtKQ

— Peter Grant SNP (@PeterGrantMP) October 31, 2018

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This must be one of the quickest u-turns in political history. @DominicRaab told MPs that a Brexit deal would be done by the end of November. Three hours later his own department was forced to correct the record. What a mess. https://t.co/L0nrbpoqws

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 31, 2018

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Great! #BrexitSorted https://t.co/g8mcuul7y8

— Simon Carswell (@SiCarswell) October 31, 2018

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Dominic Raab is making David Davis look competent. Which is quite a fucking achievement

— Sir Andy Murray (@mrsbiltawulf) October 31, 2018

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In 2011 Raab claimed "feminists are now amongst the most obnoxious bigots", & in 2017 he said "The typical user of a foodbank is not someone that’s languishing in poverty, it’s someone who has a cash flow problem episodically". Not convinced we should listen to anything he says. https://t.co/iFocIVKzWo

— GET A GRIP (@docrussjackson) October 31, 2018

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https://twitter.com/RobDotHutton/status/1057704553158717443

Mr. Raab might need to look over his shoulder, because somebody’s paying close attention.

Brexit deal by November 21. We’ll hold you to that, @DominicRaab. https://t.co/1v9bQwZTsd

— Shadow Brexit Team (@ShadowBrexit) October 31, 2018