May Squares the Circle

A brief history of the Brexit negotiations:

1. May tells the world that no deal is better than a bad deal.
2. May predictably negotiates a bad deal with the EU, which has most of the leverage. The deal mitigates some of the damage from Brexit at the cost of turning the UK into a vassal state. Everyone is appalled.
3. Notwithstanding #1, May tells the Commons that her bad deal is better than no deal. She also tells the Brexiteers that the EU won’t negotiate a better deal.
4. Parliament overwhelmingly rejects her deal.
5. Notwithstanding #3 and numerous statements from the EU, May tells Parliament that the EU is willing to concede a better deal on the Irish backstop if they know it will be approved by the Commons. Parliament sends her back out to make the promised better deal with the clock ticking.
6. What do you think happens next? This is theater of the absurd.