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There is little point in belabouring the pigs ear the Cons are making of "negotiating" the EU exit.
It may be the least competent international negotiations since Carthage sued for peace with Rome.
[Ed:whats this Carthage thing?Never heard of them. Cyclops:Exactly]

Every single position or "line in the sand" they have staked/drawn/posited has been abandoned.

The latest being the size of the divorce payment ;now watch on the "timing" of discussions on the Irish border.
The economic disaster that is Brexit is now plain for all to see.It is much more serious than even King Cyclops thought at the time of the referendum.
The EU negotiators are so concerned that they are desperately scrabbling around for bones to throw Mat et al.
After all they need somebody there with whom to "negotiate".


The leave campaign promises of NHS payment bonus from leaving and the ease and worth of  multiple new trade agreements were always bogus.

It is not clear what proportion of the leave voters took them seriously--though even a couple of % would change the result.

The only legitimate question was[ and is] " How much economic negative was it worth for the return to the UK of sovereignty it had yielded to the EU"

And specifically in the rhetoric  a  "return of sovereignty to British Parliament"

 The irony of a one time plebiscite result  being deemed to override the "will of parliament " was not lost on this one eyed King or others who honour the example of the British form of representative democracy.

Given the attitude  to the role of Parliamentary oversight and primacy  shown by the leaders of "leave",Brexit means Brexit May and the Executive [Government] such rhetoric appears a wicked deception.

Of course there is a democratic deficit in the EU but so has there proved to be back home.
The EU needs major reforms but so do UK political institutions.

As the King feared the decision to leave has completely negated any UK influence on the future of democracy and stability in Europe.Without any compensatory gain elsewhere in the world or indeed in the UK.

Can anybody make a serious argument that the sovereignty gains outweigh the expected economic losses?

As for the real issue on which Farage campaigned and a large portion of leavers voted--IMMIGRATION--Pace  MERKEL  RIP,the consensus now in the EU matches UKIP's thrust or worse.

The EU needs the Brits there on the issue to urge moderation!

The only silver lining this old republican [in the Irish and literal sense] has enjoyed is the Republic of Ireland calling the Tory/Unionist bluff on the borders.They really did believe that Irish interests,views and concerns did not matter.Ever thus for the Tory Establishment.


In any event the Uk will change its mind;legitimize the about turn either through another referendum
[one man ,one vote ,one time is truly Stalinist----this Jezza and the boys understand] or through a series of parliamentary votes or a crisis election.


The FAT LADY will never sing.

In the meantime we are living through the most incompetent UK government since the Corn Laws
Perhaps the worst ever--at least until the next one.

The only real question is whether the UK can abandon Brexit in time to be in the EU before it all collapses.