1/Brexit is a romantic fiction. It is this romance of the High Seas which appealed to many intelligent Leavers. In a world of interdependence it was always a colosssly stupid idea.
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2/The romance will be buried under a ton of red tape & administrative processes. Romantic Leavers never understood that Brexit had to be a long ADMINISTRATIVE process as well as a political endeavour. This is the reason it will fail. "Breaking the shackles" in a big leap to "
3/"freedom" was appealing. It was also false.We were free & powerful. As shown by what is now happening for financial services, we are now considerably less powerful & less free. And at the end of the process we will be back in the SM in fact if not in name
4/ but not necessarily in the EU ( do with far less say) as this would require a new referendum that few politicians will have any appetite for. A colossal waste of time. Let's hope it has at least some educational value. The UK will remain firmly anchored to the Continent
5/On foreign affairs it will "strike out on its own" initially but the law of gravity & EU pressures will lead it to join the EU on big strategic issues. As a committed European, I am much reassured. Remainers, do not despair. We will be back. In fact we are not even leaving.
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