Well, this is interesting. From Leaver, Richard North's blog:
. According to a source directly in touch with her, with whom I talked earlier in the week, the decision to leave the Single Market was taken solely by the Prime Minister, after discussing the issues only with her then closest advisor, Nick Timothy.
Crucially, neither Mrs May nor Timothy had the first idea of the consequences of taking the UK out of the Single Market, nor any understanding of what the country's new "third country" status brings.
Without having consulted with other political colleagues, or more widely with business or industry – much less those of us who had done the background research – Mrs May led us blindly into a trap of her own making. She created a political environment where it is virtually impossible to devise or sustain "a coherent policy on Brexit".
So, did she paint us into an impossible corner from the start just on the decision of herself and her unelected advisor or, as a commenter on the blog suggests, had she consulted other colleagues?
www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=86679
I've said it before, but I'll say it again, this blog is really worth following. North posts every single day; he's very knowledgeable and the BTL comments, which come from Leavers and Remainers, are civilised and (mostly) informed.