Thread by @Gilesyb

I'm thinking of collecting a bunch of Brexit paradoxes/oxymorons and the like. Here, courtesy @davidallengreen, is the Irish Border Double think:

(1) the Irish border is really easy to solve but we are still terrified of the backstop in case it isn't

https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1163815652936654851

Here is what is known as the Lowe Point, courtesy @SamuelMarcLowe

(2) No Deal is utterly fine if we prepare for it but we cannot tell you anything about it in case you are utterly terrified

https://twitter.com/SamuelMarcLowe/status/1163035168678002688

This is the No Deal Delusion, courtesy @jameskirkup : because (3) there is No No Deal, just Not Yet a Deal (but by then an even Worse Deal)

https://twitter.com/jameskirkup/status/1163701507411324928

One that should be obvious by now, relatedly:
(4) The Settling it Once and For all Fallacy: the only way to stop us being forced to bang on about Europe forever is actually being in the EU. Everything else forces it to be #1 issue, all the time

Oh I almost forgot:
(5) The WTO Contradiction. This is when you maintain that trading on WTO terms with the EU is just fine, and also that merely WTO terms with the likes of Indonesia or Paraguay is so awful we needed to tear up everything and leave the EU in order to get Deals

And here, (6), is a marvellous example of what is widely known as the Rees-Mogg Self Own: no deal Brexit is all the fault of the Irish and will also make us ONE TRILLION POUNDS

https://twitter.com/WilliamJBarrett/status/1164197480843620352?s=19