Yeah, in fact if I were him I’d be finding every opportunity to change my mind, indicate soft commit then withdraw then change my mind again, say I’m still thinking about it, insist that other items are ahead of it that need to be resolved first, just generally do every type of sabotage of the decision and discourse, no matter how minor. I would lie and withhold any info until it was absolutely necessary to let the public and the press know. Work deals in the backrooms. Find a small team of like minded people who understand what needs to be done clandestinely here.

I would be shocked if this wasn’t Carney’s approach right now. Which will piss off all of the CPC armchair MPs that hate him and seem to be following the Trump political playbook up here. They are on a need to know basis, as we all are, but they are going to take it particularly poorly, you can be sure, egged on by their hyperpartisan whiny opposition leader.