And there are still four weeks to go ...

As strongly foreshadowed in last week’s post, Nigel Farage did indeed retreat on his threatto stand a Brexit Party (BXP) candidate in every seat unless Boris Johnson shifted to a no-deal or ‘clean’ Brexit position. Instead, the party will only stand in seats not won by the Conservatives at the last election.There are three dimensions of this which are worth considering - motivation, reaction, and consequences - because each feeds into wider aspects of the Brexit situation.Farage’s motivationFirs