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Dear @andrew_lilico
Please, give it up, you, like all #brexit figures, got it catastrophically wrong
I don't want to kick a man when he's down but honestly, surely it's time for some quiet reflection?
Brexiters, like yourself, failed. There is no-one else to blame
Dear @andrew_lilico
Please, give it up, you, like all #brexit figures, got it catastrophically wrong
I don't want to kick a man when he's down but honestly, surely it's time for some quiet reflection?
Brexiters, like yourself, failed. There is no-one else to blame
@andrew_lilico 2) the strange thing is, you still seem to be suffering from the same delusion that you had 2 years ago when you wrote this Blog, that either
a) the UK has the upper hand in #Brexit negotiations or
b) the UK can act as if it does and the EU will cave
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a) the UK has the upper hand in #Brexit negotiations or
b) the UK can act as if it does and the EU will cave
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@andrew_lilico 3) so yes, you're technically right, the UK doesn't need a Withdrawal agreement but the UK *does* want a trade deal, every Brexit MP admits that, and the EU made a future trade deal conditional on that WA
So, we're getting a WA
So, we're getting a WA
4) The sad thing is this blustering "we don't need a WA", like your "7 perspectives", is exactly the attitude that got us in this mess. Its not like the WA items were controversial - settle the accounts, secure people's rights, protect the GFA - pretty obvious requirements
5) but here's the most bizarre thing, you continue to posture about what the UK will or won't or shouldn't put up with, but your champions, your #Brexit MPs, have utterly failed to make any headway with any other countries whatsoever
There is not a single Brexit MP who succeeded
There is not a single Brexit MP who succeeded
6) Davis folded on the sequencing over a year ago, literally at the first hurdle. Raab was essentially an observer, Fox has failed to get even a concrete promise of a favourable deal and has been a waste of ministerial salary, and Johnson as Foreign Secretary - say no more
7) Meanwhile Leadsom, Gove & Grayling are all supporting the awful deal May brought back & Mogg and co couldn't even organise a coup properly.
It's brexiters like yourself who believed the UK had the upper hand and all of you, *without exception* have failed
It's brexiters like yourself who believed the UK had the upper hand and all of you, *without exception* have failed
8) and yet, no humility. No group of politicians and "thinkers" has ever misjudged the strength & resolve of their opponents, their actual bargaining position, or, most importantly, their own capabilities in living memory.
We are exactly where every remainer said we would be
We are exactly where every remainer said we would be
9) Seriously, it's time for a good long think
Think about when you wrote this, think about how utterly wrong you were. Think about the part you played in the brexiter bubble when you convinced each other that the EU was craven & weak, and would fold as soon as Britannia roared
Think about when you wrote this, think about how utterly wrong you were. Think about the part you played in the brexiter bubble when you convinced each other that the EU was craven & weak, and would fold as soon as Britannia roared
10) you helped to get us here - you helped convince the UK that it could really force 27 distinct Sovereign nations to bend to its will, and you've played your own part in the humiliation that followed.
Think about how every #Brexit MP are themselves craven, weak and lacking
Think about how every #Brexit MP are themselves craven, weak and lacking
11) How did you end up colluding with such talentless individuals? MPs so dismissive of detail, so lacking in basic knowledge that they believed we could strike trade deals with Germany and get "the exact same benefits"
You proclaim yourself a patriot - be one - disown Brexit
You proclaim yourself a patriot - be one - disown Brexit
