”The man who complicated Brexit”

The man who complicates Brexit. This is the headline of the French speaking Belgian news channel I watch in Brussels this morning, showing John Bercow making reference to the House rule book and stopping a third vote on the Withdrawal Agreement in its present shape.

The general feeling everywhere, also in United Kingdom this morning – even though I realize that there are people celebrating Bercows decision – is that if there were one thing about Brexit them it was that it doesn’t need to become more complicated than it already is.

Was anybody really surprised that Bercow was a man that could see himself play in a larger role here? Right or wrong, I have no idea. The rulebook is there and the speaker has the role to interpret it, it is just the timing of this intervention that is interesting.

This will become the most scary thriller this season. But in real life.

Ten days to Brexit.