Today we learn that TM has accepted the four hard Brexit amendments to her Chequers deal put forward by the so-called European Research Group, a taxpayer funded party within the Conservative Party who seem totally unaccountable, but are able to give the Prime Minister orders that she dare not ignore.
"Jacob Rees Mogg set up the European Research Group in July 1993 towards the end of the Maastricht furore. It comprised Conservative Members of Parliament who were concerned about the direction being taken by the European Union towards becoming a federal state.
The Group was formed on the presumption that the most effective way of at least modifying this process was by working internally within the Conservative Party rather than, for instance, setting up a rival party such as Ukip. We hired my Research Assistant, Daniel Hannan - now MEP - as our co-ordinator/researcher. "
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/01/25/move-ukip-jacob-rees-mogg-erg-now-real-brexit-watchdogs/