[Chestofdraw]

Problem with the Tories not blinking is that they don't have a majority in parliament. They're currently being propped up (they have a confidence and supply arrangement) by the DUP who are very much against a sea border and would likely vote against a deal that had a sea border and doing so could bring down the government.

[tonyedgecombe]

Ultimately there is no majority in parliament for any of the options, we are headed for either another election or a re-run of the referendum.

[d4rti]

Or indeed in the country: the “smartest” (sleaziest) thing the leave campaign did was to refuse to actually lay out any specific kind of brexit - knowing there was no unity on the brexit side.

[feintruled]

Indeed! It is quite the game of chicken...