Dominic Cummings, the slippery campaign director for Vote Leave has once again attacked the government over their Brexit planning (HERE) describing the triggering of Article 50 as a “historic, unforgivable blunder” and saying their approach is a "shambles". Well at least he's right about that. His main criticism is that we invoked Article 50 before we were ready and before we had a plan.
The difficulties are beginning to mount up and to an observer it looks like some of the high profile campaigners can see what is coming and are seeking to protect themselves from the onslaught of criticism when it comes. Johnson's article and subsequent spat with the head of UK Statistics (HERE) was partly an attempt to shift the blame so he can later claim we never got the Brexit he wanted. Cummings' tweets (HERE) come from the same reasoning.
It would be a surprise to me if any Brexiteer at the top does not harbour some doubts about where it will all end. When they wake up at night there must be a nagging doubt lurking somewhere in the most ardent Brexiteer's mind, even I suspect occasionally those of Bill Cash and John Redwood. When it all comes crashing down they will not admit any fault of course, it will as usual all down to others but we can begin to see the first signs of the wagons being circled.
There is a nice critique of Johnson's Telegraph article in The Times (HERE) which concludes at least Johnson has a plan even if it is not a sensible vision for the future. The writer thinks he is more concerned with his own future than that of the country. He is not alone among Brexiteers.
