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Dominic Cummings said there should be no plan for Brexit because solid proposals would place leavers in an “unwinnable debate”
As a propaganda tactic to win a referendum this was brilliant.
As a strategy for Britain’s future, it was a disaster
Cummings was the head of Vote Leave, incidentally: the official Brexit campaign. The full quotes are here dominiccummings.com/2015/06/23/on-… Notice that he also says there could be no strategy because leavers don't agree among themselves, as you may have noticed by now
As @IanDunt says, everywhere they look they see dead ends. And dead ends are what you hit, if you do not - cannot - plan a route to the future
politics.co.uk/blogs/2018/07/…
I wish Cummings quotes were better known. They should be the starting point for anyone trying to explain why we are in crisis
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Great thread but the right also believes in the heroic myth of Thatcher. If "wets" and "experts" question Brexit, they questioned monetarism too, and Maggie was vindicated. If Brexit causes suffering, so did Thatcher, but history "proved" her right,
Needless to add monetarism was a huge mistake and parts of Britain have not got over the crisis of 70s and 80s. My point is the right still tells itself a stirring story of a determined leader ignoring the cowards around her and triumphing against the odds.
So British history repeats itself. The first time as tragedy. And the second time as tragedy too.
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I keep pointing out (to no effect whatsoever) that Vote Leave absolutely refused to define Brexit because it calcualted it would be easier to win if it didn't spell out the detail
The first reason was shabby opportunism. It's easier to win a referendum if you attack rather than defend. If Vote Leave put forward an exit plan it would offer " undefendable target and open an unwinnable debate" said its head Dominic Cummings dominiccummings.com/2015/06/23/on-…
There was also the small matter that, as you may have noticed, Brexiters couldn't agree among themselves. "Creating an exit plan which all reasonable people could unite around seems an almost insuperable task. Eurosceptic groups have been divided for years."
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My embarrassingly talented sister @EveFalling_ is using our family history to drive her art. I see she's about to move into the Cohens' Soviet era
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1/ a short thread on “my family are nice & voted Brexit”.

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