Worth it for the headline alone
It quite appearrs that the sole reason the current admininistration in the US is backing Brexit - is because they would rather the EU have to rely on it than on itself. Or, for that matter, they're looking at the UK as the next country to dump half of Wisconsin's oversubsidised 'cheese' onto.
Although, most amusing, was a conversation had with a Northern supplier, where the Big day was referred to as the Big Oops. Of course, they had no plans and had been told nothing of what was going to happen from their government either so we both just sort of agreed to carry on as if nothing was happening in the vain hope that it'll cause nothing to happen.
Of course, something is happening.
Jeremy Corbyn has managed to defeat the government on a bill to hold an election. An odd occurance - unioque in British democracy. So broken is the trust in the Government that the opposition has just grasped the wheel and made the government irrelevant.
The Government is now legally required to seek an extension from the EU. The EU has run out of patience and will likely show them what finger to sit on. They have fucked around so much the EU is pissed. The EU - the most docile world power there is, is pissed at you. It doesn't matter, of course, BJ plans to break this law. Legal action has already begun to force him to comply with a law passed by Parliament against his own government
The problem with the UK is that it wants to maintain all the benefits of EU membership - without playing by the rules that membership requires. That's what it boils down to - and those are the changes the UK basically wants. They want free access to Europe, without giving free access in return. The whole basis of the EU project is that people can shuffle around States as easily as they can in the US and live, work and pay their taxes wherever they please.
The Brexit 'deal' isn't even the actual treaty setting out the relationship between the UK and the EU - that's supposed to happen after they've left. It's nothing more than a patch - a sort of OK this is what we'll do for the first year or two while we figure out how to actually trade with each other and unwind decades of intertangled legislation type agreement. It was never expected to be this difficult.
The border with the North has to remain open - it's an obligation of the Good Friday agreement. Ireland will be stuck between EU law requiring a frontier at this point, and the GFA - but Ireland has already chosen the Single Market. Ireland has no choice but to choose the single market. That's the rules of being in the club. Being in the club means that even if the UK does crash out - our economy will still grow. There will still be food on the tables - just different brands - and we'll still be able to get computer parts cheap from Germany. New transport routed have opened direct to Spain and Belgium - they just take a day longer.
At every stage the United Kingdom has made the wrong move.
They called the referendum without even having a plan for loosing it. Or, for that matter any concept of what Brexit would be.
They triggered article 50 without having any idea how to actually go about it.
They triggered a general ellection at home and squandered a parliamentary majority which caused this deadlocxxk
They agreed a deal with the EU - after painful negotiation - without consulting the single-issue twits that their government depended on to govern.
They amended the deal with the EU - without even consulting members of the government.
The EU now expects the British Government to meet ithe obligations it agreed to. But it agreed to obligations it can't meet .
They have repeatedly negotiated in the worst and most untrostworthy faith, raising the spectre of Perfidious Albion once more.
They have quite possibly the worst electoral system in Europe that permits this sort of shittery to continue to happen on a minimum of a 35% 'majority' as if two thirds of the country voting against you grants you any sort of mandate.
It quite appearrs that the sole reason the current admininistration in the US is backing Brexit - is because they would rather the EU have to rely on it than on itself. Or, for that matter, they're looking at the UK as the next country to dump half of Wisconsin's oversubsidised 'cheese' onto.
Although, most amusing, was a conversation had with a Northern supplier, where the Big day was referred to as the Big Oops. Of course, they had no plans and had been told nothing of what was going to happen from their government either so we both just sort of agreed to carry on as if nothing was happening in the vain hope that it'll cause nothing to happen.
Of course, something is happening.
Jeremy Corbyn has managed to defeat the government on a bill to hold an election. An odd occurance - unioque in British democracy. So broken is the trust in the Government that the opposition has just grasped the wheel and made the government irrelevant.
The Government is now legally required to seek an extension from the EU. The EU has run out of patience and will likely show them what finger to sit on. They have fucked around so much the EU is pissed. The EU - the most docile world power there is, is pissed at you. It doesn't matter, of course, BJ plans to break this law. Legal action has already begun to force him to comply with a law passed by Parliament against his own government
The problem with the UK is that it wants to maintain all the benefits of EU membership - without playing by the rules that membership requires. That's what it boils down to - and those are the changes the UK basically wants. They want free access to Europe, without giving free access in return. The whole basis of the EU project is that people can shuffle around States as easily as they can in the US and live, work and pay their taxes wherever they please.
The Brexit 'deal' isn't even the actual treaty setting out the relationship between the UK and the EU - that's supposed to happen after they've left. It's nothing more than a patch - a sort of OK this is what we'll do for the first year or two while we figure out how to actually trade with each other and unwind decades of intertangled legislation type agreement. It was never expected to be this difficult.
The border with the North has to remain open - it's an obligation of the Good Friday agreement. Ireland will be stuck between EU law requiring a frontier at this point, and the GFA - but Ireland has already chosen the Single Market. Ireland has no choice but to choose the single market. That's the rules of being in the club. Being in the club means that even if the UK does crash out - our economy will still grow. There will still be food on the tables - just different brands - and we'll still be able to get computer parts cheap from Germany. New transport routed have opened direct to Spain and Belgium - they just take a day longer.
At every stage the United Kingdom has made the wrong move.
They called the referendum without even having a plan for loosing it. Or, for that matter any concept of what Brexit would be.
They triggered article 50 without having any idea how to actually go about it.
They triggered a general ellection at home and squandered a parliamentary majority which caused this deadlocxxk
They agreed a deal with the EU - after painful negotiation - without consulting the single-issue twits that their government depended on to govern.
They amended the deal with the EU - without even consulting members of the government.
The EU now expects the British Government to meet ithe obligations it agreed to. But it agreed to obligations it can't meet .
They have repeatedly negotiated in the worst and most untrostworthy faith, raising the spectre of Perfidious Albion once more.
They have quite possibly the worst electoral system in Europe that permits this sort of shittery to continue to happen on a minimum of a 35% 'majority' as if two thirds of the country voting against you grants you any sort of mandate.
Oh sweet meteor of death
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.
Fall upon us.
Deliver us in fire
To Peace everlasting.