The world has plenty of stupid men. Usually, they aren't allowed near anything important or dangerous but Brexit is an exception it seems. The idea of putting Brexiteers in charge of the negotiations may have been a good idea at the time, since they were expected to rapidly appreciate the very real problems, but it has not proved to be the master stroke we thought. Davis for example never learned anything at all, and Raab has only just realised that the Dover/Calais route is important for trade.
"I hadn’t quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing. And that is one of the reasons why we have wanted to make sure we have a specific and very proximate relationship with the EU, to ensure frictionless trade at the border. I don’t think it is a question so much of the risk of major shortages, but I think probably the average consumer might not be aware of the full extent to which the choice of goods that we have in the stores are dependent on one or two very specific trade routes".
I think it was the "hadn't quite understood" bit that people took exception to. Twitter was inundated:
Oh my, oh my, oh my. This politician is supposed to be in charge of our exit from the EU. Let’s stop this before it’s too late @peoplesvote_uk https://t.co/shMao8K6bx— Ian Murray (@IanMurrayMP) 8 November 2018
From the scientist and broadcaster Brian Cox following Will Straw:
How could it possibly come as a suprise to Dominic Raab that our most important trade gateway is that which is closest geographically to our most important market? https://t.co/kCSMWywsw7— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) 8 November 2018
This really isn't funny although you want to laugh at the sheer insanity of it all.
As far as the withdrawal agreement goes we are close to the 59th minute of the eleventh hour and the man in charge of the negotiations, the one shuttling backwards and forwards to Brussels, has only just realised the importance of frictionless trade across the Dover/Calais route. This is a face palming moment if ever there was one.
As far as the withdrawal agreement goes we are close to the 59th minute of the eleventh hour and the man in charge of the negotiations, the one shuttling backwards and forwards to Brussels, has only just realised the importance of frictionless trade across the Dover/Calais route. This is a face palming moment if ever there was one.
There are plenty of stupid men behind Brexit which is why it's doomed to fail.
And it isn't just the men (HERE):
"Two months ago, Karen Bradley was widely mocked for admitting that before becoming Northern Ireland secretary she was profoundly ignorant of the country’s political divisions. In particular, she told The House magazine that she was unaware of the most elementary fact about Northern Ireland politics - that nationalists did not vote for unionists and that unionists did not vote for nationalists".
What an utter mess we are in.
And it isn't just the men (HERE):
"Two months ago, Karen Bradley was widely mocked for admitting that before becoming Northern Ireland secretary she was profoundly ignorant of the country’s political divisions. In particular, she told The House magazine that she was unaware of the most elementary fact about Northern Ireland politics - that nationalists did not vote for unionists and that unionists did not vote for nationalists".
What an utter mess we are in.
