He’s never wanted a deal
Cummings wants chaos and for a large (though not necessarily a majority) of the population to buy into his bulls**t “people’s prime minister thwarted by the evil parliamentarians and meddling foreigners” narrative. As much as I and plenty of others think it’s dangerous and deceptive and could lead us to an even darker place, polls show that quite a few are lapping it up. This is very worrying, regardless of your position on Brexit.
Fundamentally there is no deal that will please even a slight majority inside or outside parliament, and no deal is the equivalent of shooting yourself in both feet and the crotch for good measure. So whatever happens we’re totally f**ked.
A sane democracy and government would negotiate a deal and then put that back to the public in a referendum (negotiated deal v remain) but the country is so divided and the noise so loud from both sides that it would be even more of a shambles than the previous one, with even more dubious data harvesting/targeted social media advertising and shouty rhetoric based on appealing to base fears and emotions. A one issue general election would be an utter disaster too, not just because it would most likely deliver another hung parliament but also because elections should be about a range of policies - the government we elect will have five years to potentially do whatever they like, remember - rather than just one depressingly polarising issue.
Posted By: Sellbydave on September 17th 2019 at 10:02:58
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- It's going to be a no deal Brexit isn't it? And Boris will just blame the EU won't he?.... (General Chat) - jimbo, Sep 17, 08:17:26
- Only a nice hard one will appease ERM and Brexit party. (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, Sep 17, 13:42:28
- The back stop only kicks in... (General Chat) - neilo, Sep 17, 12:12:30
- If it is a no deal brexit we will have far bigger worries than whose fault it is. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 17, 10:07:04
- He’s never wanted a deal (General Chat) - Sellbydave, Sep 17, 10:02:58
- don't think Johnson cares either way (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 17, 10:52:04
- Agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - Sellbydave, Sep 17, 11:05:52
- Good post (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 17, 10:10:34
- don't think Johnson cares either way (General Chat) - CWC, Sep 17, 10:52:04
- lets not all fall out again (General Chat) - ingi, Sep 17, 08:53:45
- The Supreme Court hearing starts today (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 08:56:51
- The backstop is actually irrelevant to us... (General Chat) - mr carra, Sep 17, 08:53:36
- And of course the backstop was actually OUR idea (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 08:57:41
- Always believed either a deal or revocation (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 08:39:01
- Bloomin' Brexit, can't it just piss off and let us bask in the glow of beating the (General Chat) - NorthByNorthWalsham, Sep 17, 08:22:11
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