Thread by @nickreeves9876

‘Bizarre’ UK comments about Australia’s trade minister a ‘serious setback’ to talks

Allies of UK trade secretary Liz Truss accused of launching an ‘unprovoked attack’ on Dan Tehan on the eve of their meeting

Bizarre comments from a deluded government.
theguardian.com/australia-news…

Sometimes I think the Tory Brexiters have a calculated plan to turn the UK into a tax haven, but at other times they look like a bunch of petulant and deluded idiots who think the UK is a superpower and the rules don't apply to them.

I can't resist some cod psychology. Some Brexiters strike me as people who are venting displaced and long-suppressed adolescent rage against authoritarian parents - the EU standing in the place of the parents, who as children they dared not challenge.

And the thing that most makes me think this is the way they expect to be able to abuse and rage against the EU, but for it to treat them kindly after the outburst has ended - in short, the attitude of a good parent.