Since this government can’t govern, parliament must take charge of Brexit | Andrew Rawnsley

Neither the Tory frontbench nor its Labour counterpart is leading the debate on the EU. Parliament must fill the void

It has caught on. “Brexit war cabinet” is now in widespread use as a label for the 11 senior ministers who are supposedly deciding the government’s strategy. This description has been adopted by the BBC and other broadcasters and has been taken up by a lot of the rest of the media. To which I say: cease and desist and do so immediately.

When Winston Churchill became prime minister in 1940, he formed a “war cabinet” initially composed of himself, his Labour deputy, Clement Attlee, and three others. That was because Britain was engaged in an existential military conflict with Hitler. Britain is not at war with the European Union. We are still a member of the EU and once we have left we are, or so says Theresa May, desirous of a “deep and special relationship” with it.

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