It certainly looks like it at this point
With less than 24 hours to go on the Brexit debate, there's still no details on what parliament will be debating on - no clues on whether there will be a new business motion or a continuation of the previous one last month.
That's basically an indication that Theresa May isn't able to get what she needs to appease parliament ahead of next week's proposed meaningful vote. Emphasis on the word 'proposed' there.
May is looking for legally-binding assurances from the European Union camp in order to assure parliament that the backstop will not be open-ended and that there will be a fixed end date to it. However, European leaders have been clear - even today - that they won't offer such a thing to the UK but only choose to clarify and reassure what is already stated on the withdrawal agreement at this point in time.
Latest news (by Sky News political editor) is that European leaders are saying that there are currently "no actual talks" and that there are only some discussions on reassurances. However, even said reassurances - which are not going to be legally-binding - may not even come before the meaningful vote next week, according to this.
That basically means May is headed towards a repeat of last month's build-up towards the meaningful vote. So, where does that leave us?
As mentioned yesterday, it's very much a toss up between postponing the meaningful vote again - to which there isn't much of a point unless European leaders are willing to offer her the necessary concessions, which they have not indicated any willingness to do so - or having to opt to delay the Brexit date by extending Article 50.
Whatever the case is, it presents a near-term setback for May and the UK government and that will also be a source of near-term pain for the pound as well.
