"Mr. Johnson is the author of 11 books, some admittedly banged out in the careless haste that is his style. But this week, without breaking a sweat, the PM penned the Odyssey and the Iliad of shambles."
"British politics today is what results from the collision of an unstoppable force, an immovable object and a clown car. The unstoppable force is the dominant faction of Britain’s Conservative Party, which insists on not just an exit from the European Union, but the most catastrophic exit possible. The immovable object is reality – the reality that a no-deal Brexit will play havoc with the economy and hurt real people; the reality that a majority of Parliament and the people will not back it; the reality that the Brexit-at-any-cost crowd can’t press the detonator without majority approval. And the clown car is Mr. Johnson."
"In 2016, the British people were asked what they thought of the idea of skydiving. In a referendum, they narrowly answered that, in theory, they’d be willing to give it a try. For three years, the British government has claimed that it is close to reaching a deal with the EU and acquiring the wherewithal for making a safe-ish jump possible. But the position of Mr. Johnson’s new government is that since Britain voted for the idea of skydiving, then skydiving there must be. On Oct. 31, Britain has no option but to jump out of a plane, parachute or no parachute."
Off the back of party promises to respect the result.
If the conservative party had done the sensible thing, and sat down with Labour to put together a deal that would pass, especially after May lost her majority, we would have left by now. As it is, all they have been interested in is trying to keep both sides of that party together, and fuck everyone else. There is no question Corbyn would have supported a soft brexit.They did. They triggered the A50 notice to leave. The Govt negotiated a WA. The MPs looked at it and both Leave and Remain thought it was a crock of shit, voted it down and here we are mired in shit. You can argue that they have made a mess of it but you can’t argue they didn’t try.
Not respecting the result would have been the Tory Govt saying well that was a fun day of voting but it’s really a bad idea to leave. Soz. In retrospect it may have saved a lot of angst if they had done precisely that.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brexit-negotiating-team-shrinks-to-just-four-staff-hgsl5c5lv
Brexit negotiations team reduced to 4 people. There is no intent from Boris Johnson to get a deal for brexit, it really is that simple
12. The above - setting DUP politics to one side - provides a unique position for the people of N.I. and should be welcomed.
13. Bringing N.I. politics back into the frame - bring forward a proposal for a referendum in N.I consistent with the provisions of the GFA to determine whether N.I. remains in the UK or transitions to a part of an 'all Island Ireland'. That would indeed be interesting for the ROI as the reality of what that means kicks in. If N.I. remains in the UK following the referendum then work on achieving the pre-determined backstop criteria continues until achieved.
Tbf with the busy parliamentary timetable since they got back after the summer I'd be highly suspicious if any of our politicians had time to go there.Has Frost even been to Brussels yet?
Tbf with the busy parliamentary timetable since they got back after the summer I'd be highly suspicious if any of our politicians had time to go there.
He's BoJos' SherpaFrost is the official appointed to head the U.K. negotiating team and he has been to Brussels several times.