Just a few notes and links to record the goings on with the current political upheaval. Apparently the most politically momentous day since WW2.
It seems so unreal and less dramatic than that as it has all been coming for so long and the resulting issues and troubles are as one predicted two years ago or more after the referendum result and the reality of what could be offered and negotiated. The draft agreement that the government has reached does not satisfy anyone.
It is possibly the best compromise for a bad idea that could be reached though it is easy to be critical of the whole negotiating method since the onset. Bluster and arrogance followed by realisation and retreat.
So the deal on offer does not satisfy the mad Brexiteers as the links to the EU remain and its influence continues-‘UK being as rule taker and not a rule maker’- so much for taking back control and sovereignty. But compromise is needed in the eyes of most to avoid the ‘hard’/ ‘cliff edge’ Brexit that anyone with any sense sees as leading to chaos and pain in the short to medium term.
Of course the Brexit brigade claim the changes will not be so bad and all will be good in the end. The ‘end’ being possibly 50 years time according to William R-M one of the evangelist exiters who is most certainly ‘all right Jack’ and is in a position to take the shit when it hits the country’s fan.
So much of this is predictable and continues to be impossible to reach a state that satisfies a majority. The arch Brexiters will never be satisfied as they still live in Brexit dream and with no acknowledgement of the potential downsides of the change. They continue to harangue from the sidelines, criticising the negotiation plans and outcomes yet offering nothing as an alternative. When they are in charge- such as Raab and David Davies they resign when they have failed to conjure something that fits their dream and bitterly complain it is someone else’s fault, ie, Theresa May. I note R-M lists the potential Tory party leaders as those Brexiters who have been involved as ministers and resigned- because it all became too difficult to square their dreams and the reality. That does not augur well for their leadership of the future.
Now R-Mogg and co are looking to unseat May through a party no confidence bid. To what end? Is it to take he decision out of Parliament’s hands where they have no majority for a ‘no deal’ Brexit and so try to force a crashing out by default and achieve what they have always wanted? A ‘sovereign ‘ in name country but which will be bossed around by more powerful nations or pressured by any state negotiating because of the UK’s position of weakness through desperation. But they will try to follow through with their neoliberal small state agenda. No regulations, free business oppression of all while claiming they are doing the poor a favour. Nauseating.
A comical look at the state of affairs and how even now cannot admit the ridiculous and impossible demands of the original Brexit campaign which was also evidenced during May’s press conference yesterday afternoon after the prolonged statement to Parliament.
It’s all intrigue and acrimony from the right wing Brexit press without insight into their own failings:
May is continuing to fight her corner– doggedly I suppose but with what expectation.
The possible routes from this point remain multiple. Who knows? Crashing or stopping Brexit through another vote? More change ahead but a wounded May to continue for now I expect but in the end no parliamentary approval of the deal.
