Theresa May will publish a White Paper setting out her Government’s thinking on Brexit. By rights, this should be an unremarkable and uninteresting document. That is no criticism of Mrs May, simply an acknowledgement of the fact that Mrs May has already set out her plans in great and convincing detail in a powerful speech just last week. She has a plan, and it is known to anyone who took the trouble to listen to her.

So it is curious, to say the least, that a number of MPs, mostly Labour but also SNP, Liberal Democrats and a few Tories, made such great play of demanding a White Paper. It is also notable that most of those MPs opposed Brexit and wish Britain to remain closely entangled with the EU after we leave. Unsurprisingly, some Brexit-backers suspect the White Paper demand is just one of the ruses Remainers might use to block Britain’s path to the exit door that voters have so clearly chosen.

With her sensible, straightforward decision, Mrs May has effectively called the bluff of those demanding a White Paper. What will they do now? Perhaps some have perfectly honourable motives. Perhaps some really have no desire to impede the process of Brexit and merely wish for a fuller debate about the Government’s strategy.